[PRIVATE-NO. 3252.]

By the Act To reimburse Fred Dickson for loss of his tools through the fire which destroyed the engine house at Fort Duchesne, Utah, on September nineteenth, nineteen hundred and two.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to pay to Fred Dickson, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of one hundred and fifty-five dollars and sixty-five cents.. Approved, June 28, 1906.

$155. 65

[PRIVATE-No. 3250.]

By the Act For the relief of Blank and Parks, of Waxahachie, Texas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Blank and Parks, of Waxahachie, Texas, the sum of four hundred dollars, paid under protest to the collector of internal revenue at Dallas, Texas, said payment having been demanded and payment required under threats of restraint and sale of said Blank and Parks's property in consequence of a technical violation of the internal-revenue laws of the United States

Approved, June 26, 1906.

400.00

[PRIVATE-NO. 3248.]

By the Act For the relief of Edward King, of Niagara Falls, in the State of New York. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Edward King, of Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, the sum of ninety dollars, said sum being the amount paid to the United States Government for duties on certain horses imported by him at Buffalo, New York, and which said horses were afterwards discovered to have been stolen by one William Potts in Canada, and which were, after their importation, returned by the said Edward King to their rightful

owner

Approved, June 23, 1906.

90.00

[PRIVATE-No. 3247.]

By the Act For the relief of Judd O. Hartzell.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Judd O. Hartzell, of Laharpe, Illinois, the sum of nine hundred and sixty dollars, to reimburse him for said sum paid by him for a technical violation of the internal-revenue laws of the United States

Approved, June 21, 1906.

960.00

[PRIVATE-NO. 2298.]

By the Act For the relief of Charles L. Allen.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Charles L. Allen, of New York, New York, a duplicate in lieu of United States four per centum registered bond of the funded loan of nineteen hundred and seven, numbered one hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred and ninety-four, for one hundred dollars, inscribed in his name, and alleged to have been lost after having been assigned in blank: Provided, That the said Charles L. Allen shall first file in the Treasury a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said registered bond and the interest that would accrue thereon to the date of its maturity, with good and sufficient sureties, residents of the United States, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any loss because of the lost bond herein described. Approved, May 16, 1906.

[PRIVATE-NO. 2297.]

By the Act For the relief of the estate of Charles M. Demarest, deceased. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to refund and pay, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, any statute of limitation to the contrary notwithstanding, to the legal representatives of the estate of Charles M. Demarest, late of Warwick, in the State of New York, the sum of one hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-six cents, being the amount due on one first-mortgage preferred bond issued by the Champaign, Havana and Western Railway Company, numbered two hundred and fifty-one, and dated July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and paid into the United States Treasury on February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and ninetyeight, by the clerk of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, in accordance with section nine hundred and ninety-six, as amended by the Act of February nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven (Twenty-ninth Statutes at Large, page five hundred and seventy-eight), which provides that money remaining in the registry of court unclaimed for ten years shall be deposited to the credit of the United States.

Approved, May 16, 1906.

$122.26

[PRIVATE-NO. 1536.]

By the Act For the relief of James W. Jones.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to

James W. Jones, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and thirteen dollars and seventyone cents. Said James W. Jones, a clerk of class one in the office of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department, was, on February twentyfifth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, erroneously arrested and summarily dismissed on February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight ..

Approved, April 21, 1906.

$513. 71

[PRIVATE-NO. 1530.]

By the Act. For the relief of F. H. Driscoll.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay F. H. Driscoll, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of eighty dollars, in full payment for services rendered the United States of America, not otherwise remunerated, as follows: As storekeeper-gauger in charge of special bonded warehouse numbered six, first district of California, for a period of twenty days during the month of May, anno Domini, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, at four dollars per diem

Approved, April 20, 1906.

80.00

[PRIVATE NO. 594.].

By the Act For the relief of G. F. Tarbell.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of two thousand five hundred and forty dollars and seventy-three cents be paid to G. F. Tarbell, of Boston, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, said sum having been exacted as duties and paid to the collector of customs at the port of Boston by the said Tarbell, on the third day of December, nineteen hundred and two, covering a consignment of one hundred and forty-four head of cattle shipped from Canada in bond via Boston, Massachusetts, to Liverpool, England, on the twenty-fifth day of November, nineteen hundred and two, and being prohibited from being so shipped by general orders from the Department of Agriculture, dated the twenty-seventh day of November, nineteen hundred and two, said cattle being then slaughtered and exported on the Cestrian on the tenth day of December, nineteen hundred and two.

SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to make payment of said amount of two thousand five hundred and forty dollars and seventy-three cents, mentioned in section one, out of the funds not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 3. That this Act shall take effect on its passage.

Approved, March 9, 1906.

2, 540.73

[PUBLIC RESOLUTION-No. 52.]

By the Joint Resolution Authorizing the purchase of the manuscript of a Digest of the United States Laws and Decisions.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized to purchase from the legal owners thereof, at a cost not to exceed two thousand dollars, payable out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, the manuscript of a Digest of the United States Customs Laws and Decisions, compiled by Robert M. Cousar, deceased, and to have printed, with such revision as in his judgment may be necessary, not to exceed one thousand copies, for the official use of the Treasury Department; and the sum of two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for said purpose. And the superintendent of documents is hereby authorized to reprint this document for sale at two dollars

per copy

Approved, June 30, 1906.

$2,000.00

[PRIVATE-NO. 1283.]

By the Act To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue duplicate gold certificate, in lieu of one lost, to Lincoln National Bank, of Lincoln, Illinois.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to the Lincoln National Bank, Lincoln, Illinois, a duplicate in lieu of United States gold certificate of the Act of March fourteenth, nineteen hundred, series of nineteen hundred, numbered seventeen thousand seven hundred and five, for ten thousand dollars, issued by the assistant treasurer of the United States, Chicago, Illinois, on August twentyninth, nineteen hundred and four, payable to the order of the said Lincoln National Bank, Lincoln, Illinois, and alleged to have been lost or destroyed: Provided, That the said Lincoln National Bank shall first file in the Treasury a bond in the penal sum of double the amount of the principal of said certificate, with good and sufficient sureties to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, with condition to indemnify and save harmless the United States from any claim because of the lost or destroved certificate herein before described.

Approved, April 3, 1906.

[PUBLIC NO. 337.]

By the Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and all Acts amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, be amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 1. That the provisions of this Act shall apply to any corpora

tion or any person or persons engaged in the transportation of oil or other commodity, except water and except natural or artificial gas, by means of pipe lines, or partly by pipe lines and partly by railroad, or partly by pipe lines and partly by water, who shall be considered and held to be common carriers within the meaning and purpose of this Act, and to any common carrier or carriers engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by railroad (or partly by railroad and partly by water when both are used under a common control, management, or arrangement for a continuous carriage or shipment), from one State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, to any other State or Territory of the United States, or the District of Columbia, or from one place in a Territory to another place in the same Territory, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent foreign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign country to any other place in the United States, and also to the transportation in like manner of property shipped from any place in the United States to a foreign country and carried from such place to a port of transshipment, or shipped from a foreign country to any place in the United States and carried to such place from a port of entry either in the United States or an adjacent foreign country: Provided, however, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the transportation of passengers or property, or to the receiving, delivering, storage, or handling of property wholly within one State and not shipped to or from a foreign country from or to any State or Territory as aforesaid.

The term common carrier' as used in this Act shall include express companies and sleeping car companies. The term railroad,' as used in this Act, shall include all bridges and ferries used or operated in connection with any railroad, and also all the road in use by any corporation operating a railroad, whether owned or operated under a contract, agreement, or lease, and shall also include all switches, spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of every kind used or necessary in the transportation of the persons or property designated herein, and also all freight depots, yards, and grounds used or necessary in the transportation or delivery of any of said property; and the term 'transportation' shall include cars and other vehicles and all instrumentalities and facilities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership or of any contract, express or implied, for the use thereof and all services in connection with the receipt, delivery, elevation, and transfer in transit, ventilation, refrigeration or icing, storage, and handling of property transported; and it shall be the duty of every carrier subject to the provisions of this Act to provide and furnish such transportation upon reasonable request therefor, and to establish through routes and just and reasonable rates applicable thereto.

"All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property as aforesaid, or in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service or any part thereof is prohibited and declared to be unlawful.

"No common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act, shall, after January first, nineteen hundred and seven, directly or indirectly, issue or give any interstate free ticket, free pass, or free transportation for passengers, except to its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law; to ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad Young Men's Christian Associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable and eleemosynary institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable and eleemosynary work; to indigent, destitute and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation; to inmates of the National