CHAP. 89. —An act to amend section three thousand and sixty-six of the Revised Apr. 25, 1882. Authority to issue warrants for search and seizure of merchandise "SEC. 3066.-If any collector, naval officer, surveyor, or other person upon which duties specially appointed by either of them, or inspector, shall have cause to have not been suspect a concealment of any merchandise in any particular dwelling- paid. R. S. 3066, 589, house, store-building, or other place, they, or either of them, upon proper amended. Approved, April 25, 1882. CHAP. 106.-An act to amend section twenty-three hundred and twenty-six of the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the adverse claim required by section twenty-three hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes may be verified by the oath of any duly-authorized agent or attorney-in-fact of the adverse claimant cognizant of the facts stated; and the adverse claimant, if residing or at the time being beyond the limits of the district wherein the claim is situated, may make oath to the adverse claim before the clerk of any court of record of the United States or of the State or Territory where the adverse claimant may then be, or before any notary public of such State or Territory. SEC. 2. That applicants for mineral patents, if residing beyond the limits of the district wherein the claim is situated, may make any oath or affidavit required for proof of citizenship before the clerk of any court of record or before any notary public of any State or Territory. Approved, April 26, 1882. Apr. 26, 1882. Mineral lands. CHAP. 107.-An act for a public building at Frankfort, Kentucky. Apr. 26, 1882. Frankfort, Ky. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase or otherwise procure a site, which shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space of not less than fifty feet, including streets and alleys, and cause to be erected thereon, at the city of Frankfort, in the State of Kentucky, a substantial and commodious public building, with fire-proof vaults, for the use of the Federal courts, the post-office, and internal-revenue and other government offices located there; the plans and estimates for said building having Plans, estimates. first been prepared, examined, and approved as required by section thirty-seven hundred and thirty-four of the Revised Statutes of the United States; said plans to be based upon calculations and specifications that will insure the purchase of a site and the completion of the building at a cost not to exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which said sum is hereby appropriated for the purposes herein Appropriation. named out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That no money to be appropriated for said building shall be R. S. 3734, 737. Cost. Proviso. XXII- -1 Title. used until a valid title to the site selected shall be vested in the United States, nor until the State of Kentucky shall have ceded to the United States jurisdiction over the same for all purposes, during the time the government shall be or remain the owner thereof, except to enforce the criminal laws of the State and for the service of civil process therein. Approved, April 26, 1882. Apr. 26, 1882. endowment fund CHAP. 108.-An act to amend the act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 12 Stat., 504. States of America in Congress assembled, That section four of the act of State of Iowa an- Congress entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States thorized to invest and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture of agricultural and the mechanic arts," approved July second, eighteen hundred and State college. sixty-two, be amended, and is hereby amended, so as to permit the State of Iowa, which has provided a college in accordance with the act aforesaid, to loan the endowment fund belonging to said college, upon real-estate security, under such rules and regulations for its safe investment as the general assembly shall hereafter provide. Approved, April 26, 1882. Apr. 26, 1882. change its name. CHAP. 109.-An act changing the name of the German Protestant Orphan Asylum Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United German Protest-States of America in Congress assembled, That the corporation organant Orphan Asy- ized and existing in the District of Columbia and heretofore known as lum Association the German Protestant Orphan Asylum Association shall hereafter be authorized to known by the name and style of the German Orphan Asylum Associa. tion of the District of Columbia; and hereafter it shall be lawful to Board of direct- have a Board of Directors composed of eighteen persons instead of ors increased to twelve, as provided in the charter of said corporation. Nothing in this eighteen. act shall be construed to affect in any way any property rights or any liabilities of said corporation. Approved, April 26, 1882. Apr. 26, 1882. CHAP. 110.—An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at or near Keithsburg in the State of Illinois and to establish it as a postroad Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Mercer County States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be lawful for the Bridge Company, Mercer County Bridge Company, a corporation duly created and organor Keithsburg ized under the laws of the State of Illinois, or the Keithsburg Bridge Bridge Company, or both, authorized Company, a corporation duly created and organized under the laws of to construct bridge the State of Iowa, or both of them, or either or both of their succesacross Mississippi sors or assigns, to build a bridge across the Mississippi River at such River. point on said river at or near Keithsburg, in the State of Illinois, as may accommodate the Chicago, Burlington and Pacific Railroad Company, or the Central Iowa Railway Company, and their connections, on the west side of said river, and the Peoria and Farmington Railroad Company, on the east side of said river, and to lay on or over said bridge a railroad track or tracks for the more perfect connection of any railroad or railroads that are or shall be constructed to the said river, on either or both sides thereof, at or opposite said point, under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided; that said bridge shall not inter fere with the free navigation of said river beyond what is necessary in Free navigation order to carry into effect the rights and privileges hereby granted; and preserved. in case of any litigation arising from any obstruction or alleged obstruction to the free navigation of said river, the cause may be tried before the district court of the United States of any State in which any portion of said obstruction or bridge tonches. SEC. 2. That any bridge built under the provisions of this act may, at the option of the company building the same, be built as a drawbridge, with a pivot or other form of draw, or with unbroken or continuous spans: Provided, That if the said bridge shall be made with unbroken and continuous spans, it shall not be of less elevation in any case than fifty feet above extreme high-water mark, as understood at the point of location, to the bottom chord of the bridge, nor shall the spans of said bridge be less than two hundred and fifty feet in length, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of said river, and the main span shall be over the main channel of the river and not less than three hundred feet in length: And provided also, That if any bridge built under this act shall be constructed as a drawbridge, the same shall be constructed as a pivot draw-bridge, with a draw over the main channel of the river at an accessible and navigable point, and with spans of not less than one hundred and sixty feet in length in the clear on each side of the central or pivot pier of the draw, and the next adjoining spans to the draw shall not be less than two hundred and fifty feet, and said spans shall not be less than thirty feet above low-water mark and not less than ten feet above extreme high-water mark, measuring to the bottom chord of the bridge, and the piers of said bridge shall be parallel with the current of the river where said bridge may be erected: And provided also, That said draw shall be opened promptly upon reasonable signal for the passage of boats. Draw. Provisos. lawful structure. Postal tele SEC. 3. That any bridge constructed under unis act and according to Post-route, and a its limitations shall be a lawful structure, and shall be known and recognized as a post-route, and the same is hereby declared to be a post-route, upon which also no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, or for passengers or freight passing over said bridge, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads and public highways leading to the said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge. SEC. 4. That all railway companies desiring to use said bridge shall have and be entitled to equal rights and privileges in the passage of the equal rights. same, and in the use of the machinery and fixtures thereof, and of all the approaches thereto, under and upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War, upon hearing the allega tions and proofs of the parties, in case they shall not agree. graph. SEC. 5. That the structure herein authorized shall be built and located under and subject to such regulations for the security of navigation of drawings to be apDesign and said river as the Secretary of War shall prescribe; and to secure that proved by Secre object the said company or corporation shall submit to the Secretary of tary of War. War for his examination and approval a design and drawings of the bridge, and a map of the location, giving for the space of one mile above and one mile below the proposed location the topography of the banks of the river, the shore-lines at high and low-water, the direction and strength of the currents at all stages, and the soundings, accurately showing the bed of the stream, the location of any other bridge or bridges, and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; and until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War the bridge shall not be built; and should any change be made in tion to be approved the plan of said bridge during the progress of construction, such change by Secretary of shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be at all times so kept and managed as to offer reasonable and proper means for the passage of vessels through or under' said Plan and loca War. Lights. Right to alter, amend, etc., expressly reserved. May 1, 1882. structure; and for the safety of vessels passing at night there shall be displayed on said bridge, from the hours of sunset to sunrise, such lights as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War; and the said structure shall be changed or removed, at the cost and expense of the owners thereof, from time to time, as Congress may direct, so as to preserve the free and convenient navigation of said river; and the authority to erect and continue said bridge shall be subject to revocation and modification by law whenever the public good shall, in the judginent of Congress, so require, without any expense or charge to the United States. SEC. 6. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. SEC. 7. That this act shall take offect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, April 26, 1882. CHAP. 111.-An act to authorize the appointment of an ordnance storekeeper in the army. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ordnance store- States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby keeper, Army, ap- authorized to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the pointed. Senate, appoint an ordnance storekeeper in the ordnance department of the army; and all laws inconsistent herewith are hereby suspended for the purposes of this act only: Provided, That prior to his appointment he shall have passed a satisfactory examination before a board of ordnance officers Proviso. May 1, 1882. R. S., 5254, 1016, amended. Saint Croix Riv er, Wisconsin and Minnesota Approved, May 1, 1882. CHAP. 112.-An act to amend section fifty-two hundred and fifty-four, title sixtythree, Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning the use of viers and crib in the Mississippi River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section fifty two hundred and fifty-four, title sixty-three, of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall be amended by adding after the words "Mississippi River," in the first line of said section, the words "and the Saint Croix River in the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota." Approved, May 1, 1882. May 1, 1882. CHAP. 113.-An act to authorize the Secretary of War to donate to the Ladies' Soldiers' Monument Society of Portsmouth, Ohio, four condemned cannon. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Ladies' Soldiers' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is Monument Society of Ports mouth, hereby authorized to donate to the Ladies Soldiers Monument Society of Portsmouth, Ohio, four condemned cast iron cannon. Approved, May 1, 1882. Ohio. Donation of condemned cannon to. May 4, 1882. CHAP. 116.—An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriations States of America in Congress assembled, That the following suins be, for service, Post- and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Office Department. Department for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the reve 5 Stat., 81. nues of said department in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL,-For mail depredations and Post-office inspectors, including amounts necessary for fees to United States marshals and attorneys two hundred thousand dollars, and of this sum three thousand dollars shall be paid to the chief post-office inspector. and not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount may be expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and counsel necessarily employed by Post-office inspectors of the Post-. Office Department, subject to approval by the Attorney General. For advertising, forty thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, twenty-two thousand dollars. For cotton, jute and hemp twine fifty-five thousand dollars. For letter balances, test weights, and scales fifteen thousand dollars. Items. Advertising. Marking and rating stamps. Balances weights, and scales. For supplying fourth-class postmasters, in the discretion of the Post- Canceling stamps, master General, with the necessary implements for canceling stamps etc., in offices of fourth-class postand weighing and postmarking mail matter, not to exceed in value five masters. dollars to any one office, to be accounted for like other public property of the government, and to be turned over to the successor in office, thirty-five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster General, one thousand five hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.-For compensation to postmasters, eight million eight hundred thousand dol lars. For compensation to clerks in post-offices, four million three hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. Postmasters. Clerks. For payment to letter carriers and the incidental expenses of the free- Letter carriers. delivery system, three million dollars; one hundred thousand dollars of which may be used, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, for the establishment under existing law of the free-delivery system in cities where it is not now established. For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Free letter deliv. ery. Rent, light, fuel. portation of mails. ure mails; penalty. For miscellaneous and incidental items, ninety thousand dollars. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.-For inland mail transportation, namely: For transportation on railroad routes, eleven million one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars; and if any railroad company shall fail or refuse to transport the mails for which this appropriation is made, when required by the Post-Office Department, upon the fastest train or trains run upon said road, said company shall have its pay reduced fifty per centum of the amount now provided by law; and the Postmaster General is authorized to pay, out of the appropriation for transportation on railroad routes, for special railroad service Special mail between the Union depot in East St. Louis, Illinois, and the union service. depot in St. Louis, Missouri, a sum not exceeding the lowest rate which private individuals, express companies, or others may pay for transpor tation between said points, but not to exceed for the fiscal year twentyfive thousand dollars, including allowance for depot room and transfer service at each terminal; and the act passed June ninth, eighteen hun dred and eighty, entitled "An act providing for the transportation of 21 Stat., chap. 170, the mails between East St. Louis, in the State of Illinois, and St. Louis, P. 171, repeased. in the State of Missouri," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. For inland transfortation by steamboat routes, eight hundred thousand dollars. For inland transportation by star routes, seven million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, however, That whenever any con Steamboat. Star routes. |