August 28, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 678. NUMBER 41.-Joint resolution extending the privilege of the Library of Congress to the members and Secretary of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Engineers United States Army. Library of Con- Resolved, &c., That the Joint Committee of Congress on the gress,-use of, ex- Library be authorized to extend the use of the books in the Library tended to Inter- of Congress to the members and secretary of the Interstate Comstate Commerce Commission and merce Commission, and the Chief of Engineers of the Corps of Chief of Engi- Engineers United States Army, resident in Washington, on the same conditions and restrictions as members of Congress are allowed to use the Library. [August 28, 1890.] neers. R. S., § 93. Sept. 1, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 679. Officers admin NUMBER 43.-Joint resolution amending and construing the act approved July first, eighteen hundred and ninety, in relation to oaths in pension and other cases. Resolved, &c., That the act approved July first, eighteen hundred istering oaths in and ninety, entitled "An act in relation to oaths in pension and pension cases not having seal to file other cases," be and the same is hereby, amended and construed to certificate, &c. mean that when declarations, affidavits, and other papers are veri1890, July 1, ch. fied by justices of the peace and other officers duly authorized by 646, ante, p. 760. 760. law to administer oaths for general persons, but not required by law to have seals, the official character, signature, and term of service of such justice or other officer shall be certified by the clerk of the county or court of record or other proper officer, under the seal of such county or court or public officer, in the department or bureau in which such papers are to be used; One certificate And one such certificate duly filed in such department or bureau, sufficient for all or with any pension agent, shall be sufficient as to all verifications business of such of such officer during his official term, and all papers heretobefore or hereafter filed shall be subject to this rule. September 1, 1890.] officer. Sept. 25, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 681. Military society badges may be worn by Army and Navy men. R. S., 1227. NUMBER 50.-Joint resolution granting permission to officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States to wear the badges adopted by military societies of men who served in the war of the revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion. Resolved, &c., That the distinctive badges adopted by military societies of men who served in the armies and navies of the United States in the war of the Revolution, the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, the Mexican war, and the war of the rebellion respectively, may be worn upon all occasions of ceremony by officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy of the United States, who are members of said organizations in their own right. [September 25, 1890.] Sept. 30, 1890. 26 Stat. L., 684. Extension of NUMBER 59.-Joint resolution to extend the time of payment to settlers on the public lands in certain cases. Resolved, &c., That whenever it shall appear by the filing of such time for payments evidence in the offices of any register and receiver as shall be prewhen prevented scribed by the Secretary of the Interior that any settler on the pubby failure of crops, lic lands, by reason of a failure of crops for which he is in no wise 1879, July 1, ch. responsible, is unable to make the payment on his homestead or 63, ante, p. 272. &c. pre-emption claim required by law, the Commissioner of the General Land Office is hereby authorized to extend the time for such payment for not exceeding one year from the date when the same becomes due. [September 30, 1890.] FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION IN THE YEARS 1890-1891. CHAP. 2.-An act to detach the county of Grayson, in the State of Texas, from the northern and December 11,1890. attach it to the eastern judicial district of said State. 26 Stat. L., 687. Grayson county Be it enacted, &c., That the county of Grayson, in the State of Texas, be detached from the northern and attached to the eastern transferred to judicial district of the State of Texas. SEC. 2. [Relates to pending cases and past offenses.] [December 11, 1890.] CHAP. 22.—An act providing for the maintenance of discipline among customs officers. eastern judicial district. R. S., § 548. 1879, Feb. 24, ch. 97, and note, ante, p. 217. December 18,1890. 26 Stat. L., 690. Customs offi Be it enacted, &c., That the several collectors, naval officers, surveyors, and appraisers shall have power, with the approval of the cers, &c; how Secretary of the Treasury, as punishment for any neglect or minor punished for delinquency the punishment whereof is not prescribed by law, to neglect or minor delinquency. suspend from duty with loss of pay for a period not to exceed thirty R. S., § 2634. days for any one cause, any customs officer or employee nominated or appointed and subordinate to such collector, naval officer, surveyor, or appraiser: * * [December 18, 1890.] CHAP. 25.—An set to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria in the District of December 20, 1890. Columbia. 26 Stat. L., 691. District of Columbia. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act it shall be the duty of every registered practicing physician or other Prevention of person prescribing for the sick in the District of Columbia to make spread of scarlet report to the health officer, on forms to be furnished by that officer, fever and diphimmediately after such practitioner becomes aware of the existence theria in. of any case of scarlet fever or diphtheria in his charge; and in case Reports by physisuch person shall fail to so report within twenty-four hours he shall 1880, April 24, be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, Res. No. 25, § 2, and in case of a second offense the penalty shall be not less than ten par. 7, ante, pp. nor more than one hundred dollars. 304, 309. cians, &c. In case no physician shall be in charge of such patient the house--by householder. holder where such case occurred, or person in charge thereof, the parent, guardian, nurse, or other person in attendance upon the sick person knowing the character of the disease shall make the report above mentioned, and in case of failure to report shall suffer the same penalties as provided for physicians in this act. Warning sign to be displayed. SEC. 2. That it shall be the duty of the health officer co-operating with the attending physician to cause a suitable placard, flag, or warning sign to be displayed from the front of the premises or apartment where any one case of scarlet fever or diphtheria is present. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove such placard, sign, not to be reor warning flag, when so placed, without permission of the health moved. officer. Premises to be disinfected. Public exposure of affected persons prohibited. And it shall be the duty of the said health officer, in conjunction with the attending physician, to cause the premises to be properly disinfected, and to issue the necessary instructions for the isolation of the patient. SEC. 3. That no person shall visit or attend any public or private school, or place of public assemblage, or appear on the public streets or in the parks while affected with scarlet fever or diptheria, and any adult person, parent, or guardian of a minor convicted of having knowingly violated the provisions of this act shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a sum not less than five nor more than fifty dollars; Physicians to And it shall be the duty of physicians while in attendance upon take precautions. cases of scarlet fever or diphtheria to exercise such reasonable precautions to prevent the spread of the said diseases as may be prescribed by the health officer of the District of Columbia in regulations. Convalescents SEC. 4. That no person who has convalesced from diphtheria or not to attend scarlet fever shall be allowed to attend any public or private school, school, &c., with- seminary, or college until the attending physician shall have furnished a certificate that said patient has completely recovered, and that there is no danger of infection to other persons. out certificates. Penalties for vi olation. tents, Vessels, &c., included. Meaning of "regulations. "person in All persons who shall, after convalescing from diphtheria or scarlet fever, visit schools, seminaries, or colleges, without providing themselves with such certificates, shall suffer the penalties provided for in section one of this act. SEC. 5. That the provisions of this act shall apply to every ship, vessel, steamer, boat, or craft lying or being in the rivers, harbors, or other waters within the jurisdiction of said District, and to every tent, van, shed, hovel, barn, out-house, cabin, or other like place, as if the same were an ordinary dwelling. SEC. 6. That the word "regulations," as herein used, shall be held to mean also rules, orders, and amendments. The words " person in charge thereof" shall be held to mean charge thereof," the owner, his agent or factor; the tenant, his clerk or representative; the nurse, or any one or more persons who by reason of their position are charged with the management or care of the premises, or interested in the person afflicted. "practitioner The words "practitioner of medicine," or "practitioner," shall be of medicine," &c. held to include all persons who undertake to treat persons afflicted, either gratuitously or for pay. Penalties for certificates. SEC. 7. That any person who shall knowingly make, sign, or false reports or deliver any false report or certificate herein provided for, upon conviction thereof in the police court of said District, shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty dollars, and, in default of payment thereof, be committed to jail for not less than one nor more than twenty days. Expenses, how paid. Jurisdiction. SEC. 8. That the expenses necessarily incurred in the execution of the provisions of this act shall be borne from the general appropriation for the maintenance of the health department of the District of Columbia, And the jurisdiction of civil and criminal procedure in the enforc ement of this act is hereby vested in the police court of the said District, with the same right of appeal as in other civil and criminal trials in said District. [December 20, 1890.] December 22,1890. CHAP. 26.-An act to amend section forty-four hundred and twenty-six of the Revised Statutes 26 Stat. L., 692. Steamboat in spection. of the United States, regulation of steam-vessels. Be it enacted, &c., That section forty-four hundred and twenty six of the Revised Statutes of the United States be amended by adding the following words. Small steam "Provided, however, That in open steam-launches of ten tons burden and under, one person, if duly qualified, may serve in the launches-one double capacity of pilot and engineer. December 22, 1890.] CHAP. 70.-An act to amend section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers of the Army and Navy to educational institutions. person may be pilot and engineer. R. S., § 4426. January 13, 1891. 26 Stat. L., 716. Detail of Army limit increased Be it enacted, &c., That section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, concerning details of officers of the Army and Navy officers and Navy to educational institutions, be, and the same is hereby, to colleges, &c.,amended so as permit the President to detail, under the provisions to 85, of said act, not to exceed seventy-five officers of the Army of the R. S., § 1225. United States; and the maximum number of officers of the Army 1888, Sept. 26, and Navy to be detailed at any one time under the provision of the ch. 1037, ante, p. act passed September twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty- 620. eight, amending said section twelve hundred and twenty-five of the Revised Statutes, is hereby increased to eighty-five: Provided, That no officer shall be detailed to or maintained at any only where mili of the educational institutions mentioned in said act where instruc- tary instruction. tion and drill in military tactics is not given: 1879, Feb. 26, ch. Provided further, That nothing in this act shall be so construed of engineer offias to prevent the detail of officers of the Engineer Corps of the Navy cers of the Navy. as professors in scientific schools or colleges as now provided by Act 105, ante, p. 221. of Congress approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, entitled "An act to promote a knowledge of steamengineering and iron shipbuilding among the students of scientific schools or colleges in the United States. [January 13, 1891.] CHAP. 74.-An act to authorize the Treasurer of the United States to receive and keep on January 16, 1891. deposit funds of the Soldiers' Home in the District of Columbia. 26 Stat. L., 718. Soldiers' Home, D. C., U. S. Treasurer to be custo Be it enacted, &c., That the Treasurer of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to receive and keep on deposit, subject to the checks or drafts of the treasurer of the Sol- dian of funds, &c. dier's Home in the District of Columbia, all funds which may now 1883, March 3, be under the control of the said Treasurer of the Soldiers' Home, or ch. 130, § 8, ante, may hereafter be furnished him or in any manner come into his p. 411. possession for use in defraying the current expenses of maintaining the said Soldiers' Home, in New York. And, upon the request of said treasurer of the Soldiers' Home, Funds may be there shall be transferred, from funds to his credit with the United transferred to asStates Treasurer, and placed to his credit with the assistant treas- sistant treasurer urer of the United States in New York City, New York, such sums as he may require monthly or quarterly for payments on account of "out-door relief" to members of said Soldiers' Home residing at a distance therefrom. [January 16, 1891.] CHAP. 80.- An act to amend sections thirteen hundred and forty-six and thirteen hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, in reference to the visitation and inspection of the military prison and examination of its accounts and government. January 19, 1891. 26 Stat. L., 722. Military prison Be it enacted, &c., That sections thirteen hundred and forty-six and thirteen hundred and forty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the to be annually visUnited States be, and the same are hereby, amended to read as fol lows: ited and inspected by Secretary of War and Commissioners. "SEC. 1346. The Secretary of War shall, with said Commissioners, annually, and as much oftener as may be deemed expedient, visit said prison for the purposes of examination, inspection, and correction; and they shall inquire into all abuses or neglects of duty on the part of the officers or other persons in charge of the same, and make such changes in the general discipline of the prison as they may hold to be essential." SEC. 1348. One of the inspectors-general of the Army shall, at least once each year, visit the prison for the purpose of examining into the books and all the affairs thereof, and ascertaining whether the laws, rules, and regulations relating thereto are complied with, the officers are competent and faithful, and the convicts properly governed and employed, and at the same time treated with humanity and kindness. And it shall be the duty of the inspector, at once, to make full report thereof to the Secretary of War. [January 19, 1891.] February 6, 1891. CHAP. 113.—An act to amend section one hundred and eighty of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 26 Stat. L., 733. Vacancies of Be it enacted, &c., That section one hundred and eighty of the heads of Depart- Revised Statutes of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, ments, how filled amended so as to read as follows: temporarily. Substitute for A vacancy occasioned by death or resignation must not be temporarily filled under the three preceding sections for a longer period than thirty days. [February 6, 1891.] February 7, 1891. CHAP. 116.-An act making an apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several 26 Stat. L., 735. Representatives in Congress apportioned. Superseding R. S., $$ 20-27. States under the Eleventh Census. Be it enacted, &c., That after the third of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of three hundred and fifty-six members, to be apportioned among the several States as follows: Alabama, nine. Montana, one. New Hampshire, two. West Virginia, four. Wyoming, one. |