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District of Columbia, suburban plats. An act to provide the assessor of the District of Colum-
bia with plats of subdivisions outside the cities of Washington and Georgetown. Jan-
uary 24, 1891....

Saratoga Monument Association. An act to authorize the Secretary of War to loan certain
cannon to the Saratoga Monument Association. January 26, 1891..
Public building, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the
erection of a public building thereon at Sioux Falls, in the State of South Dakota. Jan-
uary 26, 1891..

Public building, Staunton, Va. An act for the erection of a public building at the city of Staun-
ton, Virginia. January 26, 1891...
Public building, St. Albans, Vt. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at St. Albans, in the State of Vermont. January 26, 189...
Public building, Akron, Ohio. An act for the erection of a public building at Akron, Ohio.
January 26, 1891..

Public building, Davenport, Iowa. An act to provide for the construction of a public building
at Davenport, Iowa. January 26, 1891.
Public building, Mankato, Minn. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erec-
tion of a public building thereon, at Mankato, in the State of Minnesota. January 27,

1891

Heads of Departments, vacancies. An act to amend section one hundred and eighty of the
Revised Statutes of the United States. February 6, 1891...
Public building, Pueblo, Colo. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection of
a public building thereon, at Pueblo, in the State of Colorado. February 7, 1891.
Military post, Plattsburgh, N. Y. An act making an appropriation for the construction of new

buildings and the enlargement of the military post at Plattsburgh, New York. February
7. 1891

Apportionment of Representatives. An act making an apportionment of Representatives in
Congress among the several States under the Eleventh Census. February 7, 1891.
Sale of tobacco to minors, D. C. An act to prohibit the sale of tobacco to minors under sixteen
years of age in the District of Columbia. February 7, 1891..

Bridge, Tug Fork, Big Sandy River. An act to authorize the Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company to bridge the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River at certain points, where the same
forms the boundary line between the States of West Virginia and Kentucky. February
9, 1891..
Enlisted men, Army, certificates of merit. An act to amend sections twelve hundred and sixteen
and twelve hundred and eighty-five of the Revised Statutes relative to certificates of merit
to enlisted men of the Army. February 9, 1891...
Bridge, Cumberland River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Cum-
berland River for the use of the Chesapeake and Nashville Railway, and for other pur-
poses. February 9, 1891

Public building, Columbus, Ga. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Columbus, in the State of Georgia, and for other purposes.
February 9, 1891...

Public building, Rockford, Ill. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Rockford, in the State of Illinois. February 9, 1891....
Corpus Christi Harbor, Texas. An act to promote the construction of a safe deep-water harbor
on the coast of Texas. February 9, 1891...

Counterfeiting tools, etc. An act further to prevent counterfeiting or manufacture of dies,
tools, or other implements used in counterfeiting, and providing penalties therefor, and
providing for the issue of search warrants in certain cases. February 10, 1891.....
Interstate Commerce Commission powers. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regu-
late commerce," approved February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven.
ruary 10, 1891

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Right of way, Umatilla Reservation, Oregon. An act granting to the Umatilla Irrigation Com-
pany a right of way through the Umatilla Indian Reservation in the State of Oregon.
February 10, 1891.
Pensions, embezzlement, etc. An act to amend sections forty-seven hundred and eighty-three
and fifty-four hundred and eighty-six of the Revised Statutes. February 10, 1891...
Arizona, additional judge. An act to provide for an additional associate justice of the supreme
court of Arizona. February 11, 1891 ...

Fort Ellis Reservation, Mont. An act to provide for the disposal of the abandoned Fort Ellis
military reservation in Montana under the homestead law, and for other purposes. Feb-
ruary 13, 1891..
Tunnel, New York Bay. An act to authorize the construction of a tunnel under the waters of
the bay of New York, between the town of Middletown, in the county of Richmond, and
the town of New Utrecht, in the county of Kings, in the State of New York, and to estab-
lish the same as a post-road. February 13, 1891

Sac and Fox and Iowa Indian lands. An act to ratify and confirm agreements with the Sac
and Fox Nation of Indians, and the Iowa tribe of Indians, of Oklahoma Territory, and to
make appropriations for carrying out the same. February 13, 1891..
Public building. Portsmouth, Ohio. An act to increase the appropriation for the erection of a
public building at Portsmouth, Ohio. February 13, 1891 .....

Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the construction of a railway, street railway, motor,
wagon, and pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha,
Nebraska. February 13, 1891.

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Bridge, Duck River, Tenn. An act to give consent of Congress to the construction of a bridge
over the Duck River in Humphreys County, Tenn. February 13, 1891..
Public building, St. Paul, Minn. An act for the erection of a public building at Saint Paul,
Minnesota. February 16, 1891 ..

Army, retired list. An act to transfer officers on the retired list of the Army from the limited
list to the unlimited. February 16, 1891...
Public building, Worcester, Mass. An act for continuing the erection of the public building at
Worcester, Massachusetts. February 16, 1891

Indian schools, Wis., Mich., and Minn. An act for the construction and completion of suitable
school buildings for Indian industrial schools in Wisconsin and other States. February
16, 1891..
Homestead entries, forfeited land grants. An act to amend an act entitled An act to forfeit
certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads,
and for other purposes. February 18, 1891.

Military post, San Diego, Cal. An act to provide for the selection of a site for a military post
at San Diego, California, and for other purposes. February 21, 1891...
Right of way. Ind. T. An act to amend act authorizing Choctaw Coal and Railway Company

to construct road through Indian Territory. February 21, 1891...
Marking draft and names of vessels. An act to amend section forty-one hundred and seventy-
eight, Revised Statutes, in relation to the marking of vessels' names at bow and stern; and
also to provide for marking the draft. February 21, 1891....
Immediate transportation, Nashville, Tenn. An act to constitute Nashville, Tennessee, a port
of delivery, and for other purposes. February 21, 1891...
Commercial statistics. An act to facilitate the collection of commercial statistics required by
section two of the river and harbor appropriation acts of eighteen hundred and sixty-six
and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. February 21, 1891.
Iowa judicial districts. An act amending the act of July twentieth, anno Domini eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-two, dividing the State of Iowa into two judicial districts. February 24,
1891

Fortifications appropriations. An act making appropriations for fortifications and other works
of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and
service, and for other purposes. February 24, 1891..
Army appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes.
February 24, 1891....

Public building, Roanoke, Va. An act for the erection of a public building in the city of Roan-
oke, Roanoke County, Virginia. February 24, 1891...
Bridge, St. Louis River. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the Saint Louis

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River between the States of Wisconsin and Minnesota. February 24, 1891. District judges' salaries. An act fixing the salaries of the several judges of the United States districts courts at five thousand dollars per annum. February 24, 1891.. Right of way, Ind. T. An act to authorize the Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway to construct and operate additional lines of railway through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. February 24, 1891

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Settlers, Iowa. An act for the relief of settlers upon certain lands in the State of Iowa. February 24, 1891...

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Public building, Richmond, Ky. An act for the erection of a public building at Richmond, Kentucky. February 24, 1891..

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Bridge, Mississippi River An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the construction of a
bridge at South Saint Paul, Minnesota." February 24, 1891..
Right of way. Fort Riley, Kans. An act granting right of way to the Junction City and Fort
Riley Street Railway Company into and upon the Fort Riley military reservation in the
State of Kansas, and for other purposes. February 27, 1891.
Washington and Arlington Railway, D. C. An act to incorporate the Washington and Ar-
lington Railway Company of the District of Columbia. February 28, 1891.
Allotment of lands in severalty to Indians. An act to amend and further extend the benefits of
the act approved February eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled "An act
to provide for the allotment of land in severalty to Indians on the various reservations,
and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States over the Indians, and for
other purposes.” February 28, 1891...

Public lands, school sections. An act to amend sections twenty-two hundred and seventy-five
and twenty-two hundred and seventy-six of the Revised Statutes of the United States pro-
viding for the selection of lands for educational purposes in lieu of those appropriated for
other purposes. February 28, 1891. . . . . . .

Liquor licenses, Soldiers' Home, D. C. An act to prohibit the granting of liquor licenses within
one mile of the Soldiers Home. February 28, 1891..
Bridge, Arkansas River. An act to authorize the building of a railroad bridge at Little Rock,
Arkansas. March 2, 1891..

Ohio judicial districts. An act to detach the county of Logan, in the State of Ohio, from the
northern and attach it to the southern judicial district of said State. March 2, 1891.....
Naval appropriations. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March
2, 1891..
Military Academy appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Mili-
tary Academy for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
March 2, 1891.

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Direct taxes returned. An act to credit and pay to the several States and Territories and the
District of Columbia all moneys collected under the direct tax levied by the act of Con-
gress approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. March 2, 1891..
Bookmaking, etc., D. C. An act to prevent bookmaking and pool-selling in the District of
Columbia. March 2, 1891.

Removal of charge of desertion, minors. An act to amend an act entitled "An act for the re-
lief of certain volunteer and regular soldiers of the late war and the war with Mexico,"
approved March two, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine. March 2, 1891
Alley square 812, D. C. An act dedicating part of lots fourteen and fifteen, in square eight hun-
dred and twelve, as a public alley. March 2, 1891...

Volunteer firemen, D. C. An act authorizing the commissioners to grant to the Veteran Volun-
teer Firemen's Association use of certain property in the city of Washington. March 2,
1891..

Bridge, Red River. An act to authorize the Rapides Bridge Company, limited, to construct and
maintain a bridge across Red River at or near Alexandria, Louisiana. March 2, 1891....
Circuit courts of appeals. An act to establish circuit courts of appeals and to define and regu-
late in certain cases the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and for other pur-
poses. March 3, 1891..

American registers "Montauk" and "Mineola.' An act to provide American registers for the
steamers Montauk and Mineola. March 3, 1891
Ocean mail contracts. An act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and
foreign ports, and to promote commerce. March 3, 1891..
Right of way, receiving reservoir, Md. An act granting the right of way to the Metropolitan
Southern Railroad Company through the property of the United States in Montgomery
County, Maryland. March 3, 1891..

Export of cattle. An act to provide for the safe transport and humane treatment of export
cattle from the United States to foreign countries, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891.
Bridge, Portage Lake. An act giving the consent of the United States to the erection of a bridge
across Portage Lake, Houghton County, Michigan, between the villages of Houghton and
Hancock. March 3, 1891..

Bridge, Missouri River. An act authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and maintain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri. March 3, 1891..

Rock Creek Railway, D. C. An act to amend the charter of the Rock Creek Railway Company of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1891..

Port of delivery, Enfield, Conn. An act to make Enfield, Connecticut, a port of delivery in the district of Hartford. March 3, 1891..

Bridge, Arkansas River. An act to authorize the building of a bridge at Van Buren, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River. March 3, 1891

Public building, Philadelphia Mint. An act to provide for the purchase of a site and the erection of a public building thereon at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. March 3,

1891..

Harbor, Lynnhaven Bay. An act to provide for the examination and survey of a breakwater
to form a harbor of safety and refuge in Lynnhaven Bay, near Cape Henry, at the foot
of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. March 3, 1891 ..

United States prisoners. An act for the erection of United States prisons and for the impris-
onment of United States prisoners, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891
Bridge, Eastern Branch, D. C. An act to authorize the construction of a bridge across the

Eastern Branch of the Potomac River at the Bennings Road, in the District of Columbia.
March 3, 1891

Junk deaters, etc., D. C. An act relating to junk dealers, dealers in second-hand personal
property, and pawnbrokers in the District of Columbia. March 3, 1891
Square 990, D. C. An act authorizing sale of title of United States in lot three, in square south
of square nine hundred and ninety. March 3, 1891

Hot Springs, Ark., leases. An act to regulate the granting of leases at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891...

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Hawaiian reciprocity. An act relating to the treaty of reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands.
March 3, 1891.

Right of way, Ind. Ter. An act to authorize the Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and Great North-
eastern Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Terri-
tory, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891..

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Police court, D. C. An act to define the jurisdiction of the police court of the District of Columbia. March 3, 1831...

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Public building, New York. An act for the erection of a new custom-house in the city of New
York, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891

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Indian depredation claims. An act to provide for the adjudication and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations. March 3, 1891

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Land court. An act to establish a court of private land claims, and to provide for the settlement
of private land claims in certain States and Territories. March 3, 1891 ...
Deficiencies appropriations. An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appro-
priations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and
for prior years, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891...
Legislative, executive, and judicial appropriations. An act making appropriations for the leg-
islative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891.

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Sundry civil appropriations. An act making appropriations for sun lry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891

Indian Department appropriations. An act making appropriations for the current and contin-
gent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various
Indian tribes, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and
for other purposes. March 3, 1891....

Agricultural Department appropriations. An act making appropriations for the Department
of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
March 3, 1891..
Diplomatic and consular appropriations. An act making appropriations for the diplomatic
and consular service of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight-
een hundred and ninety-two. March 3, 1891....
District of Columbia appropriations. An act making an appropriation to provide for the ex-
penses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891....
Postal-service appropriations. An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office
Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two.
March 3, 1891....

Pensions appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and pen-
sions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-two, and for other purposes. March 3, 1891
Line-carrying projectiles. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion,
to suspend for a period of one year from March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, the provisions of an act approved March second, eighteen hundred and eighty-
nine, entitled "An act to amend sections forty-four hundred and eighty-eight and forty-
four hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes, requiring life-saving appliances
on steamers," so far as they relate to steamers plying exclusively upon any of the lakes
or bays of the United States. March 3, 1891.
Public printing, night wages. An act to revise the wages of certain employees in the Govern-
ment Printing Office. March 3, 1891

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Alien labor immigration. An act in amendment to the various acts relative to immigration and
the importation of aliens under contract or agreement to perform labor. March 3, 1891. 1084
Ports of delivery, Alaska. An act to establish certain ports of delivery in Alaska Territory.
March 3, 1891

Bridge, Coal Bank Slough, Oregon. An act authorizing the Coos Bay, Roseburgh and Eastern
Railway and Navigation Company, in the county of Coos, State of Oregon, to construct
a bridge across the Coal Bank Slough, in said State. March 3, 1891.
Right of way, Fort Monroe, Va. An act authorizing the
Government reservation at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Inspection of cattle. An act to pro ide for the inspection of live cattle, hogs, and the carcasses
and products thereof which are the subjects of interstate commerce, and for other pur-
poses. March 3, 1891..

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March 3, 1891..

Right of way, Flathead Reservation, Mont. An act granting to the Missoula and Northern
Railroad Company the right of way through the Flathead Indian Reservation, in the State
of Montana. March 3, 1891
Public building, Clarksville, Tenn. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Clarksville, in the State of Tennessee. March 3, 1891...
National Conservatory of Music, D. C. An act to incorporate the National Conservatory of
Music of America. March 3, 1891

Timber-culture repeal. An act to amend section eight of an act approved March third, eighteen
hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other
purposes." March 3, 1891..

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Public building, Saginaw, Mich. An act to provide for the purchase of a site, and the erection
of a public building thereon, at Saginaw, in the State of Michigan. March 3, 1891... 1094
Timber-culture repeal. An act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes. March
3, 1891...

Revised Statutes, artificial limbs. An act to amend section forty-seven hundred and eighty-
seven of the Revised Statutes of the United States. March 3, 1891
Bonds, D. C. An act to provide for the payment of bonds of the District of Columbia falling
due July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-one and July first and twenty-sixth, eighteen
hundred and ninety-two. March 3, 1891.

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Inspection of mines. An act for the protection of the lives of miners in the Territories. March 3. 1891.

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Copyrights. An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United
States, relating to copyrights. March 3, 1891.

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Georgia, judicial districts. An act to create a new division in the northern judicial district of Georgia. March 3, 1891..

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RESOLUTIONS.

Internal commerce, 1889. Joint resolution authorizing the printing of the annual report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics on Internal Commerce for eighteen hundred and eightynine. December 5, 1890

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Eulogies, James B. Beck. Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Honorable James B. Beck.
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Arms to States, Indian outbreak. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue
one thousand stands of arms to each of the States of North and South Dakota, Wyoming,
Montana, and Nebraska. December 9, 1890..
Decisions, lands and pensions. Joint resolution providing for the printing of decisions of the
Department of the Interior regarding public lands and pensions, for sale. December 18,
1890.
December salaries. Joint resolution to pay the officers and employees of the Senate and House
of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, eighteen hundred
and ninety on the twentieth day of said month. December 20, 1890
United States map. Joint resolution concerning the publication of the United States map for
the use of Congress. December 24, 1890..

District of Columbia, commissioners. Joint resolution defining a quorum of the board of com-
missioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. December 24, 1890...
Eulogies, Edward J. Gay. Joint resolution to print the eulogies on Hon. Edward J. Gay.
December 28, 1890

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District of Columbia, High School. Joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of War to issue
ordnance and ordnance stores to the Washington High School. February 5, 1891........ 1113
Eulogies, S. S. Cox. Joint resolution to increase from fifty to one hundred the number of copies
of the eulogies on the late Samuel Sullivan Cox to be delivered to his widow. February
7, 1891..
Tariff on twine, etc. Joint resolution to correct an error of punctuation in the tariff act of eight-
een hundred and ninety. February 18, 1891
Arms to Western States. Joint resolution amendatory of and supplementary to joint resolution
number three, approved December ninth, eighteen hundred and ninety. March 2, 1891..
Arlington Railway, D. C. Joint resolution correcting an error in an enrolled bill. March 2, 1891
"Industrial Art." Joint resolution to print ten thousand additional copies of the work known
as the "Growth of Industrial Art." March 2, 1891...
Labor Report, Fifth. Joint resolution providing for printing the Fifth Annual report of the
Commissioner of Labor. March 2, 1891..

Circuit courts of appeals, terms. Joint resolution to provide for the organization of the circuit
courts of appeals. March 3, 1791
Portage railroad, Oreg. Joint resolution authorizing the State of Oregon to construct, maintain,
and operate a portage railroad over the property of the United States at the Cascades of
the Columbia River, Oregon. March 3, 1891.

Mississippi River, appropriation. Joint resolution appropriating one million dollars for the
improvement of the Mississippi River and making the same immediately available. March
3, 1891..

Diseases of the Horse, report. Joint resolution to print one hundred thousand copies of report
on Diseases of the Horse. March 3, 1891..
Volunteer Soldiers' Home. Joint resolution to increase the number of members of the Board of

Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and fill vacancies in such
Board. March 3, 1891 ..

Fire alarms, D. C. Joint resolution providing for the greater security of the public buildings in
the District of Columbia and their contents from destruction or damage by fire. March 3,
1891..
Agricultural Report, 1891. Joint resolution providing for the printing of the Agricultural Re-
port for eighteen hundred and ninety-one. March 3, 1891.

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