State of Missouri, from a point at or near the city of Glasgow, to a point in Saline County, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1206. Ante, p. 84. Amendment. CHAP. 3942.-An Act To, authorize George Hammons, Charles Vaunice, and F. A. Lyons to construct a bridge across Kentucky River at Beattyville, Kentucky. June 30, 1906. [H. R. 20287.] [Public, No. 411.] Kentucky River. bridge, at Beattyville, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That George Hammons, Charles Vaunice, and F. A. Lyons be, and they are hereby, authorized and others may to construct, maintain, and operate a foot, wagon, and railway bridge and approaches thereto across the Kentucky River, or either branch thereof, at Beattyville, in the State of Kentucky, in accordance with Ante, p. 84. the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construc tion of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. CHAP. 3943.-An Act To amend the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five. June 30, 1906. [H. R. 20290.] [Public, No. 412.] Milwaukee, Wis. Vol. 33, p. 1138. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized, in his discretion, to modify the harbor modified. conditions of the plan for the improvement of the inner harbor of the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as set forth in paragraph twenty-eight of House Document Numbered One hundred and twenty, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, and authorized by the river and harbor Act of March third, nineteen hundred and five, by omitting from said plan the turning basin at the head of navigation on the Kinnickinnic River. Approved, June 30, 1906. CHAP. 3944.-An Act To authorize the Baldwin and Dague Lumber Company to construct a bridge across the Saint Francis River in Arkansas. June 30, 1906. [H. R. 20407.] [Public, No. 413.] Saint Francis River. Lumber Company may bridge, between Baldwin and Dague Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Baldwin and Dague Lumber Company, of Dague, Arkansas, its successors and assigns, be, and it is hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a logging road bridge and approaches thereto across the Saint Francis counties, Ark. River, at or near the corner line between the northwest corner of section one, township nine north, range five east, in Cross County, and the southeast corner of section thirty-five; township ten north, range five east, in Poinsett County, in the State of Arkansas, in accordance Ante, p. 84. with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty third, nineteen hundred and six. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby Amendment. expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. Poinsett June 30, 1906. [H. R. 20409.] [Public, No. 414.] and Minnesota. CHAP. 3945.-An Act To authorize the Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Sault Sainte Marie Railway Company to construct a bridge across the Red River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Red River. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Minneapolis, Saint Minneapolis, Saint Paul and Sault Sainte Paul and Sault Sainte Marie Railway Company, a corporation organMarie Railway Com- ized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, its successors and pany may bridge, between North Dakota assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a bridge and approaches thereto across the Red River at or near section thirty-four, township numbered one hundred and sixtythree north, of range numbered fifty-one west, Pembina County, North Dakota, in the States of North Dakota and Minnesota, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Ante, p. 84. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. June 30, 1906. [H. R. 20451.] [Public, No. 415.] Wabash River. William C. Brown mel, Ill. CHAP. 3946.-An Act To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Wabash River. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William C. Brown, and others may Charles E. Schaff, Hadley Baldwin, William M. Duane, and John Q. bridge, at Mount Car- Van Winkle, and such other persons, as they associate with themselves, their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad bridge and approaches thereto across the Wabash River, southeasterly and near the city of Mount Carmel, Wabash County, in the State of Illinois, in accordance with the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to regulate the construction of bridges over navigable waters," approved March twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six. Ante, p. 84. Amendment. SEC. 2. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, June 30, 1906. June 30, 1906. [S. 4169.] [Public, No. 416.] Sale of 204 L street KW. authorized. CHAP. 3947.-An Act To authorize the sale of certain real estate in the District of Columbia belonging to the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That the Chief of Engineers of the Army is hereby authorized to sell at public auction to the highest bidder, provided such highest bid be deemed reasonable and just by the said Chief of Engineers, the house and lot known as number two hundred and four L street northwest, being part of lot eight in square five hundred and fifty-eight in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, said house and lot being the property of the United States and now under the charge of the Chief of Engineers in pursuR. S. sec. 1797, p. 319. ance of section seventeen hundred and ninety-seven, Revised Statutes, as amended by the Act of April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and Vol. 32, p. 152. two. Approved, June 30, 1906. RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint Resolution To pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and five, on the twentieth day of said month. December 18, 1905. [H. J. R. 48.] [Pub. Res., No. 1.] Officers, etc., of Con cember salaries, De cember 20, 1905. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the gress to be paid DeSenate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives be, and they are hereby, authorized and instructed to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives, including the Capitol police, their respective salaries for the month of December, nineteen hundred and five, on the twentieth day of said month. Approved, December 18, 1905. [No. 2.] Joint Resolution Relating to the contingent expenses of the House of Representatives. January 17, 1906. [H. J. R. 68.] [Pub. Res., No. 2.] tatives. Miscellaneous items labor, etc. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the appropriation made, House of Represenfor the miscellaneous items of the contingent expenses of the House of Contingent expenRepresentatives for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six is hereby sex, 1906 made available for the payment of salaries and labor heretofore or hereafter specifically ordered by the House of Representatives of the present Congress, in addition to the purpos for which said appropriation is otherwise available. Approved, January 17, 1906. [No. 3.] Joint Resolution To authorize use of transport Sumner to convey members of Santiago Battlefield Commission and others to Cuba and return. made available for Vol. 33, p. 638. January 25, 1906. [H. J. R. 87.] [Pub. Res., No. 3.] Santiago Battlefield Commission. Sumner authorized. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War is authorized to employ the United States Army transport Sumner to Use of transport convey, from New York to Santiago de Cuba, and return, the members of the Santiago Battlefield Commission, and the representatives of the President, and of the State and War Departments, to enable them to attend the ceremonies to be held at the dedication of battle monuments at El Caney, Fort San Juan, San Juan Ridge, and San Juan de Mayaras Hill, in the immediate vicinity of Santiago de Cuba: Provided, That the total additional expense shall not exceed ten thou sand dollars. Approved, January 25, 1906. [No. 4.] Joint Resolution Providing for an extension of time for completing the highway bridge and approaches across the Potomac River at Washington, District of Columbia. Proviso. Maximum expense. February 19, 1906. District of Columbia. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the time for completing the construction of the highway bridge and approaches across the River. across the Potomac 821 of, extended. Vol. 31, p. 772. Vol. 32, p. 598. Time for completion Potomac River, authorized by section twelve of the Act of Congress approved February twelfth, nineteen hundred and one, entitled, "An Act to provide for eliminating certain grade crossings on the line of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and requiring said company to depress and elevate its tracks, and to enable it to relocate parts of its railroad therein, and for other purposes," as amended by the District of Columbia approVol. 33, p. 1283, priation Act, approved July first, nineteen hundred and two, and as amended by "joint resolution providing for an extension of time for completing the highway bridge and approaches across the Potomac River, at Washington, District of Columbia," approved February Time of completion. eighteenth, nineteen hundred and five, be, and is hereby, extended to December fifteenth, nineteen hundred and six. amended. Post, p. 1419. Approved, February 19, 1906. [No. 5.] Joint Resolution To fill a vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of Richard Olney, a citizen of Massachusetts. Approved, February 23, 1906. February 28, 1906. [S. J. R. 26.] [Pub. Res., No. 6.] North Carolina. "State archives" to. [No. 6.] Joint Resolution Providing for the return of certain archives now in possession of the Department of State to the State of North Carolina. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State authorized to deliver be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to withdraw from the files of the Department of State and deliver to the State of North Carolina purely "State archives," bearing date from seventeen hundred and fifty to eighteen hundred, with a few of a later date, and including copies of letters from the Delegates to the Continental Congress, State militia papers, papers relating to the rebuilding of the State capitol, and papers of a like local character: Provided, That no papers commonly called "Confederate archives," or any original papers belonging to the records of the Continental Congress, or needed for the uses of the Government shall be delivered, under the provisions hereof, to said State. Proviso. Restriction. Approved, February 28, 1906. [No. 7.] Joint Resolution Extending the tribal existence and government of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians in the Indian Territory. · Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tribal existence and present tribal governments of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes or nations of Indians in the Indian Territory are hereby continued in full force and effect for all purposes under existing laws until all property of such tribes, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the individual members of said tribes unless hereafter otherwise provided by law. Approved, March 2, 1906. [No. 8.] Joint Resolution Instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into the subject of railroad discriminations and monopolies in coal and oil, and report on the same from time to time. March 7, 1906. [S. J. R. 32.] [Pub. Res., No. 8.] Interstate Com Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Interstate Commerce Commission be, and is hereby, authorized and instructed immediately to inquire, investigate, and report to Congress, or to the President nation, etc., in transwhen Congress is not in session, from time to time as the investigation proceeds merce Commission. Railroad discrimiporting coal and oil. Investigation thorized. au Scope of investiga tion. Interestsof railroads ties. First. Whether any common carriers by railroad, subject to the interstate-commerce Act, or either of them, own or- have any interest in, by means of stock ownership in other corporations or otherwise, in coal and oil properany of the coal or oil which they, or either of them, directly or through other companies which they control or in which they have an interest, carry over their or any of their lines as common carriers, or in any manner own, control, or have any interest in coal lands or properties or oil lands or properties. Officers, etc., own Conspiracy, etc., to restrain interstate Second. Whether the officers of any of the carrier companies afore- ing stock who control said, or any of them, or any person or persons charged with the duty distribution of cars. of distributing cars or furnishing facilities to shippers are interested, either directly or indirectly, by means of stock ownership or otherwise in corporations or companies owning, operating, leasing, or otherwise interested in any coal mines, coal properties, or coal traffic, oil, oil properties, or oil traffic over the railroads with which they or any of them are connected or by which they or any of them are employed. Third. Whether there is any contract, combination in the form of trust, or otherwise, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce commerce. among the several States, in which any common carrier engaged in the transportation of coal or oil is interested, or to which it is a party; and whether any such common carrier monopolizes or attempts to monopolize, or combines or conspires with any other carrier, company or companies, person or persons to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce in coal or oil, or traffic therein among the several States or with foreign nations, and whether or not, and if so, to what extent, such carriers, or any of them, limit or control, directly or indirectly, Limiting, etc., the the output of coal mines or the price of coal and oil fields or the price of oil. Fourth. If the Interstate Commerce Commission shall find that the facts or any of them set forth in the three paragraphs above do exist, then that it be further required to report as to the effect of such relationship, ownership, or interest in coal or coal properties and coal traffic, or oil, oil properties, or oil traffic aforesaid, or such contracts or combinations in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy or such monopoly or attempt to monopolize or combine or conspire as aforesaid, upon such person or persons as may be engaged independently of any other persons in mining coal or producing oil and shipping the same, or other products, who may desire to so engage, or upon the general public as consumers of such coal or oil. Monopolizing trade, etc. output of coal mines, etc. Report as to effect upon independent op. erators, etc. system of car supply and dis Fifth. That said Commission be also required to investigate and Report on report the system of car supply and distribution in effect upon the tribution. several railway lines engaged in the transportation of coal or oil as aforesaid, and whether said systems are fair and equitable, and whether the same are carried out fairly and properly; and whether said carriers, or any of them, discriminate against shippers or parties wishing to become shippers over their several lines, either in the matter of distribution of cars or in furnishing facilities or instrumentalities connected with receiving, forwarding, or carrying coal or oil as aforesaid. Sixth. That said Commission be also required to report as to what remedy it can suggest to cure the evils above set forth, if they exist. Report on remedies. |