Apr. 23, 1904. CHAP. 1486.-An Act Making appropriations for the Depart[H. R. 11825.] ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, [Public, No. nineteen hundred and five.

150.J

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 276.

Apr. 27, 1904.

[H. R. 12220.]

[Public, No. 181.]

33 Stats. I., pt. 1, p. 324.

Apr. 27, 1904.

(Agricultural Experiment stations, Porto Rico. See p. 218.)

CHAP. 1622.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

(Naval station, San Juan, Porto Rico; Repairs of barracks and quarters, Marine Corps. See pp. 58, 61.)

CHAP. 1630.-An Act Making appropriations to supply de[H. R. 15054.] ficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, and for prior years, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 189.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 394.

Apr. 28, 1904. [H. R. 14416.] [Public, No. 194.1

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 452.

expenses a p

(Chinese exclusion laws reenacted. See p. 219.)

CHAP. 1762.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemSundry civil bled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, propriations. appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and five, namely:

San Juan, P. R.

San Juan, Porto Rico, quarantine station: For lazaretto, executive building, laundry, and attendants' quarters, on Miraflores Island, San Juan Harbor, twenty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

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(Maintenance and ordinary expenses quarantine system of Porto Rico. See p. 220.)

PORTO RICAN LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE: For maintaining existing aids to navigation and to establish and main

tain additional day marks and beacon lights and buoys, where required on Porto Rico and adjacent islands, including purchase of land for same and the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspector and light-house engineer and at the light-house depot, seventy-five thousand dollars.

(Bringing home remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees of the Army. See p. 63.)

RESOLUTION.

[No. 7.] Joint Resolution For the transportation of Porto Feb. 12, 1904.

Rican teachers to the United States and return.

[H. J. R. 79.]

7.]

Porto Rico.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives [Pub. Res., No. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 33 Stats. L., That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, author pt. 1, p. 582. ized, during the year nineteen hundred and four, at such Transportatime as requested by the governor of the island of Porto ers to the Rico, to transport from the island of Porto Rico to the United and return.

tion of teach

United States and to return from the United States to
Porto Rico, on one of the vessels engaged in the trans-
port service of the United States, not to exceed six hun-
dred of the Porto Rican teachers in the public schools of
said island, and in addition thereto not to exceed twenty-
five necessary attendants, such teachers and attendants to
be selected by the commissioner of education of said
island, for the purpose of attending the various summer
schools of the universities, colleges, and other institutions
of learning in the United States during said year: Pro- Proviso.
vided, That a subsistence charge of one dollar per day charge.
for each day on such vessel shall be collected from each
of such persons so transported; and that the Government.
of the United States shall not be liable for, and shall not
defray, the expenses of said teachers and attendants, or
of any such of them, incurred while in the United States.

States

Subsistence

Feb. 3, 1905.

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, THIRD SESSION.

CHAP. 297.—An Act Making appropriations for the legislative, [H. R. 15895.] executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal [Public, No. year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for 40.] other purposes.

33 Stats. L.,

executive, and

pt. 1, p. 631. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Legislative, the following sums be, and the same are hereby, approjudicial ex-priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise priations. appro- appropriated, in full compensation for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely:

penses

Mar. 2, 1905.

TERRITORY OF PORTO RICO: For salary of the resident commissioner from Porto Rico to the United States authorized by the Act temporarily to provide revenues and a civil government for Porto Rico, approved April twelfth, nineteen hundred, five thousand dollars; for traveling expenses, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents; in all, five thousand one hundred and thirty-four dollars and fifty cents.

CHAP. 1307.-An Act Making appropriation for the support of [H. R. 17473.] the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hun[Public, No. dred and six.

127.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 827.

Mar. 3, 1905.

(For Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry. See p. 67.)

CHAP. 1405.-An Act Making appropriations for the Depart[H. R. 18329.] ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine[Public, No. teen hundred and six.

138.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 861.

Mar. 3, 1905.

[H. R. 18468.] [Public, No. 140.]

33 Stats. L.,

pt. 1, p. 915.

(Weather bureau and agricultural experiment station in P. R. See pp. 224, 225.)

CHAP. 1407.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six.

(Relief and protection of American seamen. See p.225.)

Mar. 3, 1905. CHAP. 1447.-An Act To extend the time within which actions [H. R. 17102.] for the recovery of duties paid in Porto Rico may be brought in [Public, No. the Court of Claims under the Act of April twenty-ninth, nine180.] teen hundred and two. 33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 1013.

Mar. 3, 1905.

[H. R. 18467.]

[Public, No. 214.]

33 Stats. L., pt. 1, p. 1092.

(See p. 85.)

CHAP. 1481.-An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

(Naval station, San Juan, P. R.; Repairs of barracks and quarters, P. R. See pp. 69,

71.)

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CHAP. 1482.-An Act Making appropriations for the construc- Mar. 3, 1905. tion, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers [H. R. 18809.] and harbors, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 215.]

pt. 1, p. 1117.

Rivers

and

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 33 Stats. I., of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums of money be, and are hereby, appro- harbors appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not priations. otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named:

Harbor of San Juan, with a view of obtaining sufficient anchorage grounds, and depths, respectively, of twentyfour and thirty feet in the channels reaching thereto. Harbor at Ponce.

Harbor at Mayaguez.

Great Harbor, Culebra Island, with a view to providing a sufficient entrance or entrances thereto.

CHAP. 1483.-An Act Making appropriations for sundry civil Mar. 3, 1905. expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir- [H. R. 18969.] tieth, nineteen hundred and six, and for other purposes.

[Public, No. 216.]

pt. 1, p. 1156.

ap

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 33 Stats. L., of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Sundry civil the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appro-propriations. priated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, namely:

PORTO RICAN LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE: For maintaining Porto Rico. existing aids to navigation and to establish and maintain additional day marks and beacon lights and buoys, where required on Porto Rico and adjacent islands, including purchase of land for same and the pay of officers and crews of light-house tenders and of clerks and other employees in the offices of the light-house inspector and light-house engineer and at the light-house depot, seventyfive thousand dollars.

Mar. 3, 1905.

UNDER THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

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MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS, TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

(Quarantine service, P. R. See p. 226.)

(Bringing home remains of officers, soldiers, and civilian employees of the Army. See p. 72.)

CHAP. 1484.-An Act Making appropriations to supply defi[H. R. 19150.] ciencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thir[Public, No. tieth, nineteen hundred and five, and for prior years, and for other

217.]

33 Stats. L.,

Defiçieneles

purposes.

pt. 1, p. 1214. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That appropriations. the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appro-priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:

Ponce, P. R. PRIZE MONEY, PONCE, PORTO RICO: To satisfy a decree Prize money. rendered by the supreme court of the District of Columbia, in the case of Charles H. Davis, captain, United States Navy, and others, against the Paz, Ventura, and others, one thousand five hundred dollars.

Rafael Subira.

Refund of fine to.

REFUND OF FINE TO RAFAEL SUBIRA: To refund to Rafael Subira, of Ponce, Porto Rico, the sum of twenty dollars, erroneously received from him, under section fifteen of the Act of March third, nineteen hundred and three, which sum was erroneously covered into the Treasury as a navigation fine, twenty dollars.

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CHAP. 1576.-An Act For the relief of Adolph Spiegel, as the [H. R. 11802.1 successor of the firm of Spiegel, Finkelstein and Company. [Private, No. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 33 Stats. L.. of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That pt. 2, p. 2021. the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Adolph Spiegel, as the successor of the firm of Spiegel, Finkelstein and Company, the sum of four hundred and thirty-four dollars and twentythree cents, out of any money in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to refund duties erroneously assessed and charged on merchandise shipped from New York to Porto Rico to the firm of Spiegel, Finkelstein and Company after April eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine.