traveling ex penses. -accounts. Fees of commissioners. R. S., § 847. Salary of deputy marshals. The District Judge, Marshal, and District Attorney shall be paid their actual, necessary expenses when traveling in the discharge of their official duties. A detailed account shall be rendered of such expenses under oath and as to the marshal and district attorney such account shall be approved by the judge, and as to his expenses by the Attorney General. The commissioners shall receive the usual fees of United States commissioners and of justices of the peace for Oregon, and such fees for recording instruments as are allowed by the laws of Oregon for similar services, and in addition a salary of one thousand dollars each. The deputy marshals, in addition to the usual fees of constables in Oregon, shall receive each a salary of seven hundred and fifty dollars, which salaries shall also be payable quarterly out of the Treasury of the United States. Oath of office. Each of said officials shall, before entering on the duties of his R. S., § 1757. office, take and subscribe an oath that he will faithfully execute the 1884, May 13,ch. same, which said oath may be taken before the judge of said disNo legislature trict or any United States district or circuit judge. That all officers or delegate to Con- appointed for said district, before entering upon the duties of their gress. Bond of clerk. - of commissioners. Public buildings. Laws to be com and distributed. offices, shall take the oaths required by law and the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable to said district and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby extended thereto; but there shall be no legislative assembly in said district, nor shall any Delegate be sent to Congress therefrom. And the said clerk shall execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of ten thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of his duties, and file the same with the Secretary of the Treasury before entering on the duties of his office; And the commissioners shall each execute a bond, with sufficient sureties, in the penalty of three thousand dollars, for the faithful performance of their duties, and file the same with the clerk before entering on the duties of their office. SEC. 10. That any of the public buildings in said district not required for the customs service or military purposes shall be used for court rooms and offices of the civil government; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to instruct and authorize the custodian of said buildings forthwith to make such repairs to the jail in the town of Sitka, in said district, as will render it suitable for a jail and penitentiary for the purposes of the civil government hereby provided, and to surrender to the marshal the custody of said jail and the other public buildings, or such parts of said buildings as may be selected for court-rooms, offices, and officials. SEC. 11. That the Attorney-General is directed forthwith to compiled by Attorney- pile and cause to be printed, in the English language, in pamphlet General printed form, so much of the general laws of the United States as is applicable to the duties of the governor, attorney, judge, clerk, marshals, and commissioners appointed for said district, and shall furnish for the use of the officers of said Territory so many copies as may be needed of the laws of Oregon applicable to said district. &c. Commissioners SEC. 12. That the Secretary of the Interior shall select two of the to examine and re- officers to be appointed under this act, who, together with the govport on condition ernor, shall constitute a commission to examine into and report upon of Indians, lands, the condition of the Indians residing in said Territory, what lands, if any, should be reserved for their use, what provision shall be made for their education what rights by occupation of settlers should be recognized, and all other facts that may be necessary to enable Congress to determine what limitations or conditions should be imposed when the land laws of the United States shall be extended to said district; and to defray the expenses of said commission the sum of two thousand dollars is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Education of SEC. 13. That the Secretary of the Interior shall make needful and proper provision for the education of the children of school age in children. the Territory of Alaska, without reference to race, until such time as permanent provision shall be made for the same, and the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appropriated for this purpose. SEC. 14. That the provisions of chapter three, title twenty-three, Existing laws of the Revised Statutes of the United States, relating to the unor- for Alaska to reganized Territory of Alaska, shall remain in full force, except as herein specially otherwise provided; And the importation manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in said district except for medicinal mechanical and scientific purposes is hereby prohibited under the penalties which are provided in section nineteen hundred and fifty-five of the Revised Statutes for the wrongful importation of distilled sprits. And the President of the United States shall make such regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. [May 17, 1884.] main in force ex- to intoxicating R. S., § 1955. 30 Fed. Rep.,114. President to make necessary regulations, &c. CHAP. 60.-An act for the establishment of a Bureau of Animal Industry, to prevent the ex portation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals. May 29, 1884. 23 Stat. L., 31. Bureau of Ani tablished. Be it enacted, &c., That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall organize in his Department a Bureau of Animal Industry, and shall mal. Industry es appoint a Chief thereof, who shall be a competent veterinary sur-officers of-apgeon, and whose duty it shall be to investigate and report upon the pointment and condition of the domestic animals of the United States, their protec- salary. tion and use, and also inquire into and report the causes of contagious, R.S.SS 520-529. infectious, and communicable diseases among them, and the means for the prevention and cure of the same, and to collect such information on these subjects as shall be valuable to the agricultural and commercial interests of the country; And the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to employ a force sufficient for this purpose, not to exceed twenty persons at any one time. The salary of the Chief of said Bureau shall be three thousand dollars per annum; And the Commissioner shall appoint a clerk for said Bureau, with a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum. 122; March 2, ch. 1889, Feb. 9, ch. 373, post, p. 679. 1890, July 14, ch. 707, par. 2. post, p. 774. SEC. 2. That the Commissioner of Agriculture is authorized to ap--agents. point two competent agents, who shall be practical stock-raisers or experienced business men familiar with questions pertaining to commercial transactions in live stock, whose duty it shall be, under the instructions of the Commissioner of Agriculture, to examine and report upon the best methods of treating, transporting, and caring for animals, and the means to be adopted for the suppression and extirpation of contagious pleuro-pneumonia, and to provide against the spread of other dangerous contagious, infectious, and communicable diseases. The compensation of said agents shall be at the rate of ten dollars their compensaper diem, with all necessary expenses, while engaged in the actual tion. performance of their duties under this act, when absent from their usual place of business or residence as such agent. lations. SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agricul- rules and reguture to prepare such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the speedy and effectual suppression and extirpation of said diseases, and to certify such rules and regulations to the executive authority of each State and Territory, and invite said authorities to co-operate in the execution and enforcement of this act. tories. Co-operation of Whenever the plans and methods of the Commissioner of AgriculStates and Terri- ture shall be accepted by any State or Territory in which pleuropneumonia or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease is declared to exist, or such State or Territory shall have adopted plans and methods for the suppression and extirpation of said diseases, and 18 Opins., 154. such plans and methods shall be accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, and whenever the governor of a State or other properly constituted authorities signify their readiness to co-operate for the extinction of any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease in conformity with the provisions of this act, the Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby authorized to expend so much of the money appropriated by this act as may be necessary in such investigations, and in such disinfection and quarantine measures as may be necessary to prevent the spread of the disease from one State or Territory into another. Secretary of Agriculture to make investiga tion as to pleuropneumonia, &c. Sec. of Treasury SEC. 4. That in order to promote the exportation of live stock from the United States the Commissioner of Agriculture shall make special investigation as to the existence of pleuro-pneumonia, or any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, along the dividinglines between the United States and foreign countries, and along the lines of transportation from all parts of the United States to ports from which live stock are exported, and make report of the results of such investigation to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, from time to time, establish such regulations concerning the exportation and transportation of live stock as the results of said investigations may require. SEC. 5. That to prevent the exportation from any port of the to adopt measures United States to any port in a foreign country of live stock affected to prevent exportation of diseased with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially pleuro-pneumonia, the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to take such steps and adopt such measures, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as he may deem neces live stock. sary. Transportation SEC. 6. That no railroad company within the United States, or the by railroads, vessels, &c., of dis- owners or masters of any steam or sailing vessel or other vessel or eased live stock boat, shall receive for transportation or transport, from one State or prohibited. Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia; nor shall any person, company, or corporation deliver for such transportation to any railroad company, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, any live stock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease; considered contagious. Nor shall any person, company, or corporation drive on foot or transport in private conveyance from one State or Territory to another, or from any State into the District of Columbia, or from the District into any State, any live stock, knowing them to be affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and especially the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia: Splenetic or Provided, That the so-called splenetic or Texas fever shall not be Texas fever not considered a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease within the meaning of sections four, five, six and seven of this act, as to cattle being transported by rail to market for slaughter, when the same are unloaded only to be fed and watered in lots on the way thereto. Notice to agents SEC. 7. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioner of Agriculthrough infected ture to notify, in writing, the proper officials or agents of any railroad, steamboat, or other transportation company doing business in or through any infected locality, and by publication in such newspapers as he may select, of the existence of said contagion ; districts. And any person or persons operating any such railroad, or master or owner of any boat or vessel, or owner or custodian of or person having control over such cattle or other live stock within such infected district, who shall knowingly violate the provisions of section six of this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Penalties. Pleuro-pneumo SEC. 8. That whenever any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease affecting domestic animals, and especially the disease nia in District of known as pleuro-pneumonia, shall be brought into or shall break Columbia. out in the District of Columbia, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of said District to take measures to suppress the same promptly and to prevent the same from spreading; And for this purpose the said Commissioners are hereby empow Duties of Dis ered to order and require that any premises, farm, or farms where trict Commissionsuch disease exists, or has existed, be put in quarantine; to order all ers. or any animals coming into the District to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for and to require the destruction of animals affected with contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, and for the proper disposition of their hides and carcasses; to prescribe regulations for disinfection, and such other regulations as they may deem necessary to prevent infection or contagion being communicated, and shall report to the Commissioner of Agriculture whatever they may do in pursuance of the provisions of this section. act. SEC. 9. That it shall be the duty of the several United States dis- District attortrict attorneys to prosecute all violations of this act which shall be neys to prosecute brought to their notice or knowledge by any person making the com- for violation of plaint under oath; and the same shall be heard before any district or circuit court of the United State or Territorial court holden within the district in which the violation of this act has been committed. SEC. 10. [Appropriation.] SEC. 11. That the Commissioner of Agriculture shall report annu- Secretary of ally to Congress, at the commencement of each session, a list of the Agriculture to renames of all persons employed, an itemized statement of all expendi- port annually to tures under this act, and full particulars of the means adopted and Congress. carried into effect for the suppression of contagious, infectious, or R.S., § 528. communicable diseases among domestic animals. [May 29, 1884.] CHAP. 63.—An act to provide for the muster and pay of certain officers and enlisted men of the volunteer forces. Be enacted, &c. [For substitute for Section 1, see 1887, Feb. 3, ch. 92, post, p. 528.] June 3, 1884. 23 Stat. L., 34. Heirs, &c., of to receive arrears of SEC. 2. That the heirs or legal representatives of any officer whose muster into the service has been or shall be amended hereby shall such persons be entitled to receive the arrears of pay due such officer, and the pension, if any, authorized by law, for the grade into which such pay and pension. officer is mustered under the provisions of this act. Claims barred SEC. 3. That all claims arising under this act shall be presented to and filed in the proper Department (1) within three years from and after three years. after the passage hereof, and all such claims not so presented and filed within said three years shall be forever barred, and no allowance ever made thereon. SEC. 4. That the pay and allowances of a rank or grade paid to and received by any military or naval officer in good faith for serv NOTE (1) Time extended five years from June 3, 1887, by 1888, Aug. 13, ch. 868, post, p. 614. Pay, &c., during the rebellion not to be recovered ices actually performed by such officer in such rank or grade during back by reason of the war of the rebellion shall not be charged to or recovered back defect in title from such officer because of any defect in the title of such officer to the office, rank, or grade in which such services were so actually performed. [June 3, 1884.] to office. June 3, 1884. 23 Stat. L., 35. Texas, judicial districts in. -terms of court in western dis trict. CHAP. 64.—An act to amend sections four, five, and nine of an act approved February twentyfourth eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to create the northern judicial district of the State of Texas, and to change the eastern and western judicial districts of said State, and to fix the time and places for holding courts in said districts", and to provide for holding terms of the court of the western judicial district of Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes. Be it enacted, &c. [The substitute herein contained for 1879, Feb. 24, ch. 97, § 4 (20 Stat. L., 318), is superseded by a later substitute in 1890, Feb. 4, ch. 5, post, p. 703.] SEC 2. That section five of said act be so amended that all proc-northern judi- ess issued after this act shall take effect against defendants residing cial districts. in the counties of El Paso, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green, Crockett, Process in cer- Andrews, Gaines, Yoakum, Cockran, Bailey, Parmer, Castro, Lamb, be returned to El Hockley, Terry, Dawson, Martin, Swisher, Hale, Lubbock, Lynn, Floyd, Crosby, Garza, Borden, Howard, Scurry, and Mitchell shall be returned to the city of El Paso. tain counties to Paso. 1879, Feb. 24, ch. 97, §5, ante, p. 218. Deputy clerk at El Paso. 1879, Feb. 24, ch. * * [Part omitted relates to pending cases.] * * SEC. 3. That there shall be appointed, in the manner provided by law a deputy clerk who shall keep his office at the city of El Paso. SEC. 4. That this act shall take effect and be in force on the first 97.9, ante, p. 220. day of January anno Domini eighteen hundred and eight-five; and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed [June 3, 1884.] When act takes effect. June 9, 1884. 23 Stat. L., 40. Postage on news cals one cent for four ounces. CHAP. 73.—An act fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by persons other than the publisher or news agent. Be it enacted, That the rate of postage on newspaper and periodical papers and periodi- publications of the second class, when sent by others than the publisher or news agent, shall be one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof, and shall be fully prepaid by postage-stamps affixed to said matter. [June 9, 1884.] R. S., § 3905. 1879, March 3, ch. 180, $ 10, 14, 25, ante, pp. 246, 249. 1885, March 3, ch. 342, par. 4, post, p. 483. June 11, 1884. 23 Stat. L., 40. Salary of special examiner of drugs in Boston, Mass. R. S., § 2743. CHAP. 75.—An act to amend section twenty-seven hundred and forty-three of the Revised Be it enacted, &c., That section twenty-seven hundred and fortythree of the Revised Statutes is hereby so amended that the special examiner of drugs, medicines, chemicals, chemical preparations, dyes and dye-stuffs, paints, oils, varnishes, and other similar articles, at Boston, in Massachusetts, shall receive a salary of two thousand five hundred dollars, per annum, and shall be paid each year quarterly. [June 11, 1884.] |