February 19, 1901. 31 Stat. L., 798. Texas. CHAP. 382.-An Act To constitute a new division of the eastern judicial district of Texas, and to provide for the holding of terms of court at Sherman, Texas, and for the appointment of a clerk for said court, and for other purposes. (1) Be it enacted, &c., That the counties of Grayson, Cooke, Montague, Division in east-Collin, and Denton shall constitute a division of the eastern judicial ern judicial disdistrict of Texas. tric created. Terms of court. R. S., §§ 572, 658. Counties de SEC. 2. That terms of the circuit and district courts of the United States for the said eastern district of Texas shall be held twice in each year at the city of Sherman, and that, until otherwise provided by law, the judges of said courts shall fix the times at which said court shall be held at Sherman, of which they shall make publication and give due notice. SEC. 3. That the counties of Cooke, Denton, Montague, and Collin tached from north- are hereby detached from the northern judicial district of Texas and attached to the eastern judicial district of Texas. ern district. Return of proc ess, etc. Prosecutions. Pending actions, etc. Clerk's office at Sherman. 1901, SEC. 4. That all civil process issued against persons resident in the said counties of Grayson, Cooke, Montague, Denton, and Collin, and cognizable before the United States courts, shall be made returnable to the courts respectively to be held at the city of Sherman; and all prosecutions for offenses committed in either of said counties shall be tried in the appropriate United States courts at the city of Sherman: Provided, That no process issued or prosecution commenced or suit instituted before the passage of this Act shall be in any way affected by the provisions hereof. SEC. 5. That the clerks of the circuit and district courts of said district shall maintain an office, in charge of themselves or a deputy, at March 3, ch. 881, the said city of Sherman, which shall be kept open at all times for the post, p. 1815. Repeal. transaction of the business of said division. SEC. 6. That so much of all Acts or parts of Acts as are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. [February 19, 1901.] NOTE. (1) By 1901, March 3, ch. 881, post, p. 1815, which is a substitute for § 5 of the act in the text, provision is made for the appointment of a clerk of the district court. By 1899, March 2, ch. 393 (2 Supp. R. S., 969), provision is made for terms of court at Laredo, and the appointment of a deputy clerk therefor. By 1899, March 2, ch. 369 (2 Supp. R. S., 966), provision is made for the transfer of certain pending actions. See also note thereto for a review of the legislation affecting the courts and judicial districts of Texas. February 20, 1901. CHAP. 383.—An Act To extend the privileges of the seventh section of the immediate transportation Act to New Bedford, Massachusetts. (1) 31 Stat. L., 798. Mass., granted im New Bedford, Be it enacted, &c., That the privileges of the seventh section of the mediate transpor- Act approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, governing the tation privileges. immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraise1880, June 10, ment, be, and they are hereby, extended to the port of New Bedford, ch. 190, §7 (1 Supp. Massachusetts. [February 20, 1901.] R. S., 294). February 20, 1901. 31 Stat. L., 799. Milwaukee, Wis. NOTE. (1) For a review of the legislation affecting the ports of entry, delivery, and immediate transportation in the State of Massachusetts, see note to 1901, March 3, ch. 837, post, p. 1540. CHAP. 385.-An Act To extend the privileges provided by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, as amended. (1) Be it enacted, &c., That the privileges of immediate transportation as provided by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the statutes in relaNOTE. (1) By 1900, April 18, ch. 246, ante, p. 1140, immediate transportation privileges were extended to Greenbay, Wis. granted immediate transportation privileges. 1880, June 10, ch. tion to the immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, as amended by an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to amend the statutes in relation to the immediate transportation 190; 1887, Feb. 23, of dutiable goods, and for other purposes," approved February ch. 218 (1 Supp. twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be, and the same R. S., 293, 541). are hereby, extended to the port of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin. [February 20, 1901.] CHAP. 386.-An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes so as to permit the transportation by steam vessels of gasoline and other products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles (commonly known as automobiles) when used as source of motive power. (1) Be it enacted, dec., That section forty-four hundred and seventy-two of the Revised Statutes be amended by adding thereto at the end of said section the following: February 20, 1901. 31 Stat. L., 799. Navigation. R. S., § 4472. ger vessels. Nothing in the foregoing or following sections of this Act shall pro- Automobiles hibit the transportation by steam vessels of gasoline or any of the carrying gasoline, products of petroleum when carried by motor vehicles (commonly etc., may be transported by passenknown as automobiles) using the same as a source of motive power: Provided, however, That all fire, if any, in such vehicles or automobiles be extinguished before entering the said vessel, and that the same tinguished. be not relighted until after said vehicle shall have left the same: Provided, further, That any owner, master, agent, or other person having charge of passenger steam vessels shall have the right to refuse transport. to transport automobile vehicles the tanks of which contain gasoline, naphtha, or other dangerous burning fluids. [February 20, 1901.] NOTE.—(1) R. S. § 4472, of which the above is an amendment, specifically forbids the transportation by steamers carrying passengers of camphene, naphtha, or other dangerous article, either as freight or to be used as stores. -refusal to CHAP. 461.—An Act Regulating assessments for water mains in the District of Columbia. February 21, 1901. 31 Stat. L., 799. Dist. Columbia. Water-main assessments. -when made. -notice. -service of no Be it enacted, &c., That hereafter, whenever a water main or mains shall be laid in the District of Columbia, the water-main assessment or tax therefor authorized by law shall be assessed within thirty days after such water main or mains shall have been laid, and the owner or owners affected by this assessment or tax shall be notified that the same has been assessed, by a notice which shall be served upon the owner of the lot or parcel of land to be assessed if he or she be a resident of the District of Columbia and his or her residence known. If the owner be a nonresident, or his or her residence unknown, the notice shall be served on his or her agent or tenant. The service of such notice where the owner or his or her agent or tenant resides in tice. the District of Columbia shall be either personal or by leaving the same with some person of suitable age at the residence or place of business of such owner, agent, or tenant; and return of such service, stating the manner thereof, shall be made in writing and filed in the office of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. If there be no agent or tenant known to said Commissioners, notice of such assess- tice where ment shall be given by the officer designated by the Commissioners to agent, etc. perform that duty under authority vested in them by an Act entitled 635 (2 Supp. R. S., "An Act to authorize the reassessment of water-main taxes in the 888). District of Columbia, and for other purposes," approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by advertisement once a week for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in said District. SUP R S VOL 2- -98 -method of no no 1898, July 8, ch. Assessments ments. Water-main assessments or taxes shall be payable in three equal payable in install- installments, the first of which shall be payable without interest within thirty days from the date of such service or of the last publication of said notice, as the case may be; the second within one year, and the third within two years from the date of such service or of the last publication of said notice; and interest at the rate of six per centum per annum shall be charged on all amounts which shall remain unpaid at the expiration of thirty days from the date of such service or of the last publication of said notice. -interest. Publication of notice. -cost. Repeal. In said publication of said notice each several piece of property shall be described in a separate paragraph. The cost of publication of the notice herein provided for shall be added to the amount of said assessment and collected in the same manner that said assessment is collected. SEC. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [February 21, 1901.] February 23, 1901. CHAP. 465.-An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-seven, title fiftytwo, of the Revised Statutes, relating to inspectors of hulls and boilers. 31 Stat. L., 800. Navigation. Be it enacted, &c., That the amendment to section forty-four hunSteam towing dred and twenty-seven, approved July ninth, eighteen hundred and vessels, etc. eighty-six, entitled "An Act relating to the licensing of vessels engaged in towing to carry persons in addition to their crews," be amended to read as follows: (1) -may carry other persons than R. S., §§ 4464, crew. 4465. 1886, July 9, ch. 755 (1 Supp. R. S., 500). -not to carry "That any steam vessel engaged in the business of towing vessels, rafts, or water craft of any kind, also steam vessels engaged in oyster dredging and planting, and fishing steamers engaged in food fishing on the Great Lakes and all other inland waters of the United States, and not carrying passengers, may be authorized and licensed by the supervising inspector of the district in which said steamer shall be employed to carry on board such number of persons, in addition to its crew, as the supervising inspector, in his judgment, shall deem necessary to carry on the legitimate business of such towing, oyster and fishing steamers, not exceeding, however, one person to every net ton of measurement of said steamer: "Provided, however, That the person so allowed to be carried shall not be carried for hire. "SEC. 2. That every steam vessel licensed under the foregoing secpassengers for tion shall carry and have on board, in accessible places, one lifehire. preserver for every person allowed to be carried, in addition to those provided for the crew of such vessel." [February 23, 1901.] Life preservers. NOTE. (1) The amendment of 1886, July 9, ch. 755 (1 Supp. R. S., 500), consists in the insertion of the provision extending the right to transport persons to steam vessels engaged in oyster dredging and planting and fishing steamers on the Great Lakes and other inland waters. R. S., § 4427, stated to be amended by this act, relates to inspection of machinery of freight boats and not to the transportation of persons on such vessels. The act of 1886, July 9, supra, does not refer to § 4427. February 23, 1901. CHAP. 466.-An Act To authorize the Director of the Census to make payments for information concerning cotton gins, and for other purposes. (1) 31 Stat. L., 801. Census. Be it enacted, dec., That the Director of the Census be, and he is Payment to enu- hereby, authorized to pay, out of any money appropriated for census all enumerators who may have made returns concerning turns concerning purposes, cotton gins, at a rate of five cents for each gin reported: merators for re cotton gins. NOTE.-(1) See 1899, March 3, ch. 419, § 16 (2 Supp. R. S., 984), for compensation of census enumerators. Provided, That the total amount which may be paid to such enu- -limit. merators shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars. SEC. 2. That the Director of the Census be, and is hereby, author-jurats not reized and directed to pay the accounts for the information relating to quired, etc. cotton gins without requiring jurats on said accounts, and shall make payment on the certificate of the chief statistician for manufactures as to the correctness of the same. office. SEC. 3. (2) That the mechanics and other persons employed in the Leaves of abCensus printing office, whether employed by the piece or otherwise, sence to mechanics shall be allowed annual leave of absence and sick leave with pay, under in Census printing the same terms as now or hereafter may be prescribed in the Government Printing Office, and the Director of the Census is hereby authorized to make payment for such annual leave and sick leave out of any money which may be appropriated for Census purposes: Provided, That the Director of Census may designate the time when annual leave shall be taken. [February 23, 1901.] NOTE.-(2) As to leaves of absence in the Government Printing Office, referred to in the text, see 1896, June 11, ch. 320, par. 10 (2 Supp. R. S., 526). The laws as to leave of absence in all the departments are reviewed in note (6) to 1898, March 15, ch. 68, § 7 (2 Supp. R. S., 736). Time when leave may be taken. CHAP. 478.—An Act Supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Reform February 25, 1901. School for Girls of the District of Columbia," approved July ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. (1) 31 Stat. L., 809. Dist. Columbia. Be it enacted, &c., That sections eight, nine, and fifteen of the Act entitled "An Act revising and amending the various Acts establishing for and relating to the Reform School of the District of Columbia, 1876, May 3, ch. approved May third, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, which Act 90, §§ 8, 9, 15, (1 was made applicable to the Reform School for Girls of the District of Supp. R. S., 101). Columbia by the sixth section of the Act to which this Act is a sup; 595 (1 Supp. R. S., 1888, July 9, ch. plement, be, and they are hereby, amended as applicable to the said 596). Reform School for Girls, so as to read as follows: Girls under 17 commitment -when convicted of crime. "SEC. 8. That whenever any girl under the age of (2) seventeen years shall be brought before any court of the District of Columbia or any convicted of crime. judge of such court, and shall be convicted of any crime or misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment other than imprisonment for life, such court or judge, in lieu of sentencing her to imprisonment in the county jail or fining her, may commit her to the Reform School of, by court. for Girls, to remain until she shall arrive at the age of twenty-one years unless sooner discharged by the board of trustees. And the judges of the criminal and police courts of the District of Columbia shall have power to commit to the Reform School for Girls, first, any girl under seventeen years of age who may be liable to punishment by imprisonment under any existing law of the District of Columbia or any law that may be enacted and in force in said District; second, any consent. girl under seventeen years of age, with the consent of her parent or guardian, against whom any charge of crime or misdemeanor shall have been made, upon probable cause shown to the satisfaction of the court; third, any girl under seventeen years of age who is destitute of a suitable home and adequate means of obtaining an honest living or who is in danger of being brought up, or is brought up, to lead an idle NOTES. (1) By 1892, July 26, ch. 250, § 4 (2 Supp. R. S., 49), the board of trustees of the Reform School for Girls is authorized to commit to the board of children's guardians any inmate conditionally. By 1900, June 6, ch. 807, ante, p. 1447, the board of charities is to have general supervision over correctional or reformatory institutions. (2) By 1901, March 3, ch. 847, § 2, post, p. 1545, the courts were forbidden to commit to the jail, workhouse, or police station any child under 17 years of age, but such child may be committed to the Reform School under the laws providing for the same. -with parents' -when desti tute. --when incorri- or vicious life; fourth, any girl under seventeen years of age who is gible, etc. incorrigible or habitually disregards the commands of her father or mother or guardian, who leads a vagrant life, or resorts to immoral places or practices, or neglects or refuses to perform labor suitable to President of her years and condition or to attend school. And the president of the board of trustees board of trustees may also commit to the Reform School for Girls such girls as are mentioned in the foregoing third and fourth classes upon application or complaint, in writing, of a parent or guardian or relative having charge of such girl, and upon such testimony in regard to the -may adminis- facts stated as shall be satisfactory to him; and for taking testimony in such cases he is hereby empowered to administer oaths. may commit. ter oaths. Period of deten tion. By-laws, etc. "SEC. 9. That every girl sent to the Reform School for Girls shall remain until she is twenty-one years of age unless sooner discharged or bound as an apprentice." "SEC. 15. That the board of trustees may make such by-laws, rules, and regulations for their own government and that of the institution, its officers, employees, and inmates, the employment, discipline, instruction, education, removal, and absolute, temporary, or conditional release of all girls committed to the school as they may deem necessary and proper and as are not contrary to the Constitution and to the laws of the District of Columbia." [February 25, 1901.] February 26, 1901. 31 Stat. L., 810. Army and Navy. Officers detailed as instructors at 152). CHAP. 607.—An Act To amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of Revised Statutes so as to provide for detail of retired officers of the Army and Navy to assist in military instruction in schools. (1) Whereas the national defense must depend upon the volunteer service of the people of the several States; and Whereas those schools which shall adopt a system of military instruction are entitled to the assistance of the Government in order to secure to the United States such a knowledge of military affairs among the youth of the country as will render them efficient as volunteers if called upon for the national defense: Therefore, Be it enacted, &c., That section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning the detail of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to permit the President to detail under the provisions of that Act, and in addition to the detail of the officers of the Army and Navy now authorized to be detailed under the existing provisions -retired offi- of said Act, such retired officers of the Army and Navy of the United States as in his judgment may be required for that purpose, to act as instructors in military drill and tactics in schools in the United States, where such instruction shall have been authorized by the educational authorities thereof, and where the services of such instructors shall have been applied for by said authorities. cers. Payments to offi cers. -by Government. SEC. 2. That no detail shall be made under this Act to any school unless it shall pay the cost of commutation of quarters of the retired officers detailed thereto and the extra-duty pay to which the latter may be entitled by law to receive for the performance of special duty: Provided, That no detail shall be made under the provisions of this Act unless the officers to be detailed are willing to accept such position NOTE. (1) By 1893, November 3, ch. 13 (2 Supp. R. S., 152), of which the act in the text is an amendment, the number of officers to be detailed wa, limited to 100, each of whom must have had at least five years' service. See note thereto for a review of legislation affecting the detail of army officers. By 1896, May 15, ch. 182, par. 3 (2 Supp. R. S., 226), the detail of retired army officers to colleges was left without limit, but such detail was not to be attended by full pay. See note (3) thereto. By 1897, March 3, Res. No. 23 (2 Supp. R. S., 618), the detail of an army officer as instructor in the Greater Republic of Central America is authorized. The act in the text extends the right of detail, so that retired officers may be detailed as well as active officers. |