Clerks on ocean mail vessels; transfer of foreign mails at New York, etc., and San Francisco. The provisions of this section set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2730, are repeated in the same language in the postal service appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, § 1, 32 Stat. 116, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1173. CHAPTER TWELVE. Special, Local, and Route Agents. Sec. 4017. [As amended 1880.] [Post-office inspectors;] their salary and allowances. The compensation and number of post-office inspectors have been inceased from time to time in the annual postal service appropriation acts. The act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1174, makes appropriations for post-office inspectors, including 15 inspectors in charge of divisions, at $2,500 each, 6 inspectors at $2,400 each, 15 inspectors at $2.250 each, 15 inspectors at $2,000 each, 70 inspectors at $1.600 each, 60 inspectors at $1.400 each, and 30 inspectors at $1,200 each, together with a per diem allowance while temporarily located away from home on business for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive days at any one place except for inspectors receiving annual salaries of $2,000 or more. Appropriations are also made in the same act for officers in the rural free-delivery service, besides those provided for in the Post-Office Department, by Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 900; 8 division superintendents at $2,400 each, 25 special agents at $1,600 each, 15 special agents at $1,500 each, 15 special agents at $1,400 each, and 15 special agents at $1,300 each, 65 route inspectors at $1,200 each, and 4 route inspectors at $900 each, and per diem allowances for the special agents and route inspectors when actually travelling on business of the Department. ACT MARCH 1, 1899, c. 327, § 1. [Superseded. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1.] The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2735, is su perseded by the re-enactment thereof with an additional proviso in Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, set forth below. ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1. Post-office inspectors; per diem allowance. For per diem allowance of inspectors in the field while actually traveling on business of the Department, * * Provided, That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow post-office inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place on business away from home, or their designated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, and may make rules and regulations governing the foregoing provisions relating to per diem: And provided further, That no per diem shall be paid to inspectors receiving annual salaries of two thousand dollars or more. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1175. These are provisions following an appropriation for salaries of postoffice inspectors in the postal service appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above. They supersede the provision of Act March 1, 1899, c. 327, § 1, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2735, and repeated in the postal service appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, 32 Stat. 117, by reenacting the same with the addition of the last proviso, as set forth bere. Sec. 4020. [As amended 1897.] Railway service agents and their pay; [accounts of salary and per diem of assistant superintendents of railway mail service.] Officers in the railway mail service are provided for by appropriations in the postal service appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1172, as follows: One general superintendent at $4,000; one assistant general superintendent at $3,500; one chief clerk, office of general superintendent, at $2,000; one assistant chief clerk, office of general superintendent, at $1.800; 11 division superintendents at $3,000 each; 11 assistant division superintendents at $1,800 each; 23 assistant superintendents at $1,600 each; 120 chief clerks at $1,600 each; besides clerks of various classes. Appropriations are also made therein for traveling expenses of the various officers and clerks. A superintendent of railway adjustments, $2,500, and assistant superintendent of railway adjustments, $2,000, in the Post-Office Department, are provided for by the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 900. ACT JUNE 2, 1900, c. 613, § 1. Assistant superintendents; allowance for traveling expenses. The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2736, is repeated in the same language in the postal service appropriation acts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, § 1, 32 Stat. 116, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1173. Sec. 4025. ACT JULY 31, 1882, c. 361, § 1. Railway mail service employés; designation; classification; compensation. The number and compensation of officers and clerks in the railway mail service are changed from year to year by provisions of the annual postal service appropriation acts. The act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, provides for that year for the following: One general superintendent at $4,000; one assistant general superintendent at $3,500; one chief clerk, office of general superintendent, at $2,000; one assistant chief clerk, office of general superintendent, at $1,800; 11 division superintendents at $3,000 each; 11 assistant division superintendents at $1,800 each; 23 assistant superintendents at $1,600 each; 120 chief clerks at $1,600 each; 225 clerks, class 6, at not exceeding $1,500 each; 1,161 clerks, class 5, at not exceeding $1.400 each; 491 clerks, class 5, at not exceeding $1,300 each; 1,647 clerks, class 4, at not exceeding $1,200 each; 833 clerks, class 4, at not exceeding $1,100 each; 3,700 clerks, class 3, at not exceeding $1,000 each; 2,456 clerks, class 2, at not exceeding $900 each; 680 clerks, class 1, at not exceeding $800 each. Appropriations are also made therein for traveling expenses for the various officers and clerks. Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1172. ACT MARCH 1, 1899, c. 327, § 1. Railway postal clerks; leaves of absence. The provision of this act set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2739, is repeated in the same language in the postal service appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904. Act April 21, 1902, c. 563. § 1, 32 Stat. 115, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 1, 32 Stat. 1173. Sec. 4027. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Money-Order System. Money-order system established. A superintendent of the money-order system and chief clerk moneyorder system, in the office of the First Assistant Postmaster-General, are provided for by appropriations in the annual legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation acts. The appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, are by Act Feb. 25, 1903, c. 755, § 1, 32 Stat. 900. Sec. 4054. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Accounts and Revenues. Revenues to be appropriated for postal service. Appropriations to supply deficiencies in the revenues for the Post Office Department to meet the appropriations made by the postal service appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, are made therein. Act April 21, 1902, c. 563, § 3, 32 Stat. 118, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1009, § 8, 32 Stat. 1176. TITLE XLVII. FOREIGN RELATIONS. Sec. 4066. ACT MARCH 3, 1887, c. 340. An Act to Restrict the Ownership of Real Estate in the Territories to American Citizens, and so Forth. (24 Stat. 476.) Acquisition of real estate in District of Columbia by aliens or alien corporations, prohibited. in Be it enacted, &c., That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons not citizens of the United States, or who have not lawfully declared their intention to become such citizens, or for any corporation not created by or under the laws of the United States or of some State or Territory of the United States, to hereafter acquire, hold, or own real estate so hereafter acquired, or any interest therein, any of the Territories of the United States or in the District of Columbia, except such as may be acquired by inheritance or in good faith in the ordinary course of justice in the collection of debts heretofore created: Provided, That the prohibition of this section shall not apply to cases in which the right to hold or dispose of lands in the United States is secured by existing treaties to the citizens or subjects of foreign countries, which rights, so far as they may exist by force of any such treaty shall continue to exist so long as such treaties are in force, and no longer. Act March 3, 1887, c. 340, § 1, 24 Stat. 476. This act is not to apply to or operate in the District of Columbia, so far as relates to the ownership of legations, or the ownership of residences by representatives of foreign governments, or attachés thereof, by an amendment of the act by Act March 9, 1888, c. 30, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 2761. This act, except so far as it affects real estate in the District of Columbia, is superseded by amendment, substituting other provisions therefor, but providing that it shall remain in force so far as it refers to or affects real estate in the District of Columbia, in Act March 2, 1897, c. 363, set forth below. Acquisition of real estate in District of Columbia by corporations more than 20 per cent. of whose stock is owned by aliens, prohibited. Sec. 2. That no corporation or association more than twenty per centum of the stock of which is or may be owned by any person or persons, corporation or corporations, association or associations, not citizens of the United States, shall hereafter acquire or hold or own any real estate hereafter acquired in any of the Territories of the United States or of the District of Columbia. Act March 3, 1887, c. 340, § 2, 24 Stat. 477. Sec. 3. [Superseded. Act March 2, 1897, c. 363.] The provisions of this section, which limited the amount of land to be acquired, held, or owned by corporations in any of the Territories, as they do not affect real estate in the District of Columbia, may be regarded as superseded or repealed by the amendment of this act by Act March 2, 1897, c. 363, set forth below. See, also, notes under section 1 of this act. Forfeiture of property acquired, held, or owned in violation of provisions of act; proceedings for enforcement. Sec. 4. That all property acquired, held, or owned in violation of the provisions of this act shall be forfeited to the United States, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to enforce every such forfeiture by bill in equity or other proper process. And in any suit or proceeding that may be commenced to enforce the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the court to determine the very right of the matter without regard to matters of form, joinder of parties, multifariousness, or other matters not affecting the substantial rights either of the United States or of the parties concerned in any such proceeding arising out of the matters in this act mentioned. Act March 3, 1887, c. 340, § 4, 24 Stat. 477. See notes under section 1 of this act. ACT MARCH 2, 1897, c. 363. An Act to Better Define and Regulate the Rights of Aliens to Hold and Own Real Estate in the Territories. (29 Stat. 618.) Acquisition or ownership of land in Territories by aliens, prohibited. Be it enacted, &c., That an Act entitled "An Act to restrict the ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens, and so forth," approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, except so far as it affects real estate in the District of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows: "That no alien or person who is not a citizen of the United States, or who has not declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States in the manner provided by law shall acquire title to or own any land in any of the Territories of the United States except as hereinafter provided: Provided, That the prohibition of this section shall not apply to cases in which the right to hold or dispose of lands in the United States is secured by existing treaties to citizens or subjects of foreign countries, which rights, so far as they may exist by force of any such treaty, shall continue to exist so long as such treaties are in force, and no longer. Act March 2, 1897, c. 363, § 1, 29 Stat. 618. Act March 3, 1887, c. 340, mentioned in and amended by this act, is set forth above. Provisions of act not to apply to lands previously acquired by aliens, nor to aliens who become residents. "Sec. 2. That this Act shall not apply to land now owned in any of the Territories of the United States by aliens, which was acquired on or before March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, so long as it is held by the then owners, their heirs or legal representatives, |