square leagues of land to or in the right of any one original grantee or claimant, or in the right of any one original grant to two or more persons jointly, nor for a greater quantity than was authorized by the respective laws of Spain or Mexico applicable to the claim. Conditional grants, tions unperformed. Eighth. No concession, grant, or other authority to acquire land made upon any condition or requirement, either antecedent or sub- etc., barred, if condi sequent, shall be admitted or confirmed unless it shall appear that every such condition and requirement was performed within the time and in the manner stated in any such concession, grant, or other authority to acquire land. Lands decreed to etc., by United States to claimant but granted, val e. Judgment for claim ant. Maximum value. SEC. 14. That if in any case it shall appear that the lands or any part thereof decreed to any claimant under the provisions of this act shall have been sold or granted by the United States to any other person, such title from the United States to such other person shall remain valid, notwithstanding such decree, and upon proof being made to the satisfaction of said court of such sale or grant, and the value of the lands so sold or granted, such court shall render judgment in favor of such claimant against the United States for the reasonable value of said lands so sold or granted, exclusive of betterments, not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre for such lands; and such judgment, when found, shall be a charge on the Treasury of the United States. Either party deeming himself Appeal. aggrieved by such judgment may appeal in the same manner as provided herein in cases of confirmation of a Spanish or Mexican grant. For the purpose of ascertaining the value and amount of such lands, Appraisal, etc. surveys may be ordered by the court, and proof taken before the court, or by a commissioner appointed for that purpose by the court. SEC. 15. That section eight of the act of Congress approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, entitled "An act to establish the offices of surveyor-general of New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska, to grant donations to actual settlers therein, and for other purposes," and all acts amendatory or in extension thereof, or supplementary thereto, and all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Appointment of commissioner. Ascertainment and Mexican claims, etc. Vol. 10, p. 309, etc., repealed. report on Spanish and Continuous adverse years,recognized.etc., surveys in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming. Maximum size of tract. SEC. 16. That in township surveys hereafter to be made in the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the States of possession for twenty Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming if it shall be made to appear to the in future township satisfaction of the deputy surveyor making such survey that any person has, through himself, his ancestors, grantors, or their lawful successors in title or possession, been in the continuous adverse actual bona fide possession, residing thereon as his home, of any tract of land or in connection therewith of other lands, all together not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres in such township for twenty years next preceding the time of making such survey, the deputy surveyor shall recognize and establish the lines of such possession and make the subdivision of the adjoining lands in accordance therewith. Such possession shall be accurately defined in the field-notes of the survey and delineated on the township plat, with the boundaries and area of the tract as a separate legal subdivision. The deputy surveyor shall return with his survey the name or names of all persons so found to be in possession, with a proper description of the tract in the possession of each as shown by the survey, and the proofs furnished to him of such possession. Deputy surveyor to and make returns, etc. establish lines, etc., office. Upon receipt of such survey and proofs the Commissioner of the Review by CommisGeneral Land Office shall cause careful investigation to be made in sioner of General Land such manner as he shall deem necessary for the ascertainment of the truth in respect of such claim and occupation, and if satisfied upon such investigation that the claimant comes within the provisions of this section, he shall cause patents to be issued to the parties Issue of patents. so found to be in possession for the tracts respectively claimed by by them: Provided, however, That no person shall be entitled to con Provisos. Limitations. Ante, p. 859. Where township surveys already made. Citizens, etc., in continuous adverse pos twenty years, may enter without payment, Vol. 9, p. 922. etc. firmation of, or to patent for, more than one hundred and sixty acres in his own right by virtue of this section: And provided further, That this section shall not apply to any city lot, town lot, village lot, farm lot, or pasture lot held under a grant from any corporation or town the claim to which may fall within the provisions of section eleven of this act. SEC. 17. That in the case of townships heretofore surveyed in the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and the States of Colorado, Nevada, and Wyoming, all persons who, or whose ancestors, grantors, or their lawful successors in title or possession, became citsession, etc., For izens of the United States by reason of the treaty of GuadalupeHidalgo, and who have been in the actual continuous adverse possession and residence thereon of tracts of not to exceed one hundred and sixty acres each, for twenty years next preceding such survey, shall be entitled, upon making proof of such facts to the satisfaction of the register and receiver of the proper land district, and of the Commissioner of the General Land Office upon such investigation as is provided for in section sixteen of this act, to enter without payment of purchase money, fees, or commissions, such legal subdivisions, not exceeding one hundred and sixty acres, as shall include their said possessions: Provided, however, That no person shall be entitled to enter more than one such tract, in his own right, under the provisions of this section. Proviso. Filing of claims under adverse possession. Time limit. Not to be adjudicated by Court of Lands excluded Private Land Claims. from entry. Cessation, etc., of functions, etc., of court. Date. SEC. 18. That all claims arising under either of the two next preceding sections of this act shall be filed with the surveyor-general of the proper State or Territory within two years next after the passage of this act, and no claim not so filed shall be valid. And the class of cases provided for in said two next preceding sections shall not be considered or adjudicated by the court created by this act, and no tract of such land shall be subject to entry under the land laws of the United States. SEC. 19. That the powers and functions of the court established by this act shall cease and determine on the thirty-first day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, and all papers, files, and recReturn, etc., of records in the possession of said court belonging to any other public office of the United States shall be returned to such office, and all other papers, files, and records in the possession of or appertaining to said court shall be returned to and filed in the Department of the Interior. ords, etc., to Interior Department. Approved, March 3, 1891. March 3, 1891. priations. CHAP. 540.-An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for prior years, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Deficiencies appro- United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninetyone, and for prior years, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely: Executive. Executive office. Contingent expenses. EXECUTIVE. For contingent expenses Executive Office, including stationery therefor, as well as record books, telegrams, books for library, miscellaneous items, and furniture and carpets for offices, care of office carriage, horses and harness, one thousand five hundred dollars. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. FOREIGN INTERCOURSE. SALARIES, CHARGES D'AFFAIRS, AD INTERIM: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries of charges d'affaires ad interim and diplomatic officers abroad, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, two thousand two hundred and seventy-three dollars and eighty-five cents. SALARIES, CONSULAR SERVICE: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, seventeen thousand nine hundred and twelve dollars and sixty-one cents. Department of State. Foreign intercourse. Salaries, charges d'affaires ad interim. Consular salaries. Consular officers, SALARIES, CONSULAR OFFICERS NOT CITIZENS: TO pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of salaries of con- not citizens. sular officers not citizens, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, four thousand one hundred and seventy eight dollars and seventy-five cents. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, UNITED STATES CONSULATES: To pay Contingent expenses amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contin- consulates. gent expenses of United States consulates, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, six thousand and five hun dred and forty-five dollars and eighty-three cents. Diplomatic service. LOSS BY EXCHANGE, DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: For loss by exchange Loss by exchange. in remittances of money to and from legations, six thousand dollars. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of loss by exchange, diplomatic service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, eight hundred and thirtythree dollars and eighty-eight cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of loss by exchange, diplomatic service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, sixteen dollars and eighty cents. LOSS BY EXCHANGE, CONSULAR SERVICE: For actual cost and expense of making exchange of money to and from the several consulates and consulates general, three thousand dollars. Το pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of loss by exchange, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety, three hundred and sixteen dollars and forty-eight cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers, on account of loss by exchange consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, sixteen dollars and sixty-one cents. RELIEF OF JOHANN ZECKERT AND SON AND OTHERS: To enable the Secretary of State to pay the claims of Johann Zeckert and Son and others named in House Executive Document One hundred and eighty-nine, Fifty-first Congress, second session, for goods sent to the New Orleans Exposition, one thousand eight hundred and thirtyeight dollars and seventy-four cents. Loss by exchange. Johann Zeckert and International American Conference. INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE: For printing and distributing reports and proceedings of the International American Printing. Conference, fifteen thousand dollars. Publication of cus Annual expense. PUBLICATION OF CUSTOMS TARIFFS: To meet the share of the United States in annual expense for the year eighteen hundred and toms tariff. ninety-two of sustaining the International Bureau at Brussels for the translation and publication of customs tariff, one thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-six cents. 51-2-12 Treasury Depart ment. Sixth Auditor's of fice. File cases. Furniture, etc. Additional employ ees. "A. F. Walcott." owners. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. SIXTH AUDITOR'S OFFICE: For the purchase of metallic files cases for the filing of books, money orders, and postal notes, in the new money-order building erected for the money-order branch of the office of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, thirty thousand dollars. For the purchase of furniture, carpets, or other suitable floor coverings for the rooms and halls of said building, ten thousand dollars. For compensation of the following employees in the office of the money-order division of the Auditor for the Post-Office Department during the months of May and June, eighteen hundred and ninetyone, namely: For two firemen, at sixty dollars per month each; one elevator conductor, at sixty dollars per month; one laborer, at fifty-five dol-. lars per month; and three charwomen, at twenty dollars per month each; in all, five hundred and ninety dollars. TUGBOAT A. F. WALCOTT: To reimburse the owners of the tugReimbursement to boat A. F. Walcott for the expenses incurred by them in repairing the injuries sustained by that vessel in a collision with the United States tug Catalpa in the East River, New York, June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five hundred and ten dollars; and for compensation for the detention of the vessel while undergoing such repairs, twelve days, at forty dollars per day, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, nine hundred and ninety dollars. "Lucy Ann.“ Haskell. FISHING SCHOONER LUCY ANN: For payment to Samuel Haskell, Payment to Samuel of East Gloucester, Massachusetts, for damage to the fishing schooner Lucy Ann by the United States Fish Commission schooner Grampus, caused by collision in Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, on December fifth, eighteen hundred and ninety, twenty-five dollars. INDEPENDENT TREASURY: To pay the amount found due by the Northern Pacific accounting officers to the Northern Pacific Express Company for transportation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and seventeen dollars and sixtyeight cents. Independent Treas ury. Express Company. To pay the amount found due by the accounting officers to Quincy A. Brooks, late collector of customs, Puget Sound, Washington, on account of transportation of public funds, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, seventy-eight dollars and forty cents. For the following employees in the office of the assistant treasurer at New York during the remainder of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, namely: Two clerks, at the rate of one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum; four clerks, at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum; two clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum; and two messengers, at the rate of nine hundred dollars each per annum; in all, three thousand seven hundred and five dollars. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. For courthouse and post office at Atlanta, Georgia: For completion of heating apparatus and for additional repairs and painting, seven thousand five hundred dollars. For post office at Saint Joseph, Missouri: For completion of clock in the tower, six hundred dollars. For post office and courthouse at Auburn, New York: For completion of building and approaches, ten thousand dollars. For enlarging improving and completing the public building at Dallas, Texas, in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated for said building, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For post office at Richmond, Kentucky: For purchase of site and completion of building, seventy-five thousand dollars. Richmond, Ky. For courthouse and post office, Augusta, Georgia: For heating Augusta, Ga. and ventilating apparatus, two thousand dollars; For courthouse and post office, Binghamton, New York: For completion of approaches and to adjust certain contract liabilities, three thousand dollars. MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES. For wages of workmen, assay office at Helena, Montana, seven hundred and one dollars and fifty cents. INTERNAL REVENUE. For expenses incident to carrying out the provisions of the act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, relative to the bounty on sugar, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be nec essary. Binghamton, N. Y. Mints and assay offices. Helena, Mont. Internal Revenue. Sugar bounty. cong., p. 583. Laws, 1st Sess., 51st For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, fees and Agents' salaries, etc. expenses of gaugers, salaries of storekeepers, and miscellaneous expenses, one hundred thousand dollars. For paper for internal revenue stamps, freight, and salary of superintendent, messengers, and watchmen, five thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for punishment for violation of the internal-revenue laws for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, five hundred dollars. LIGHT-HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT. For supplies of lighthouses for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, two hundred and forty-four dollars. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY. To reimburse George Davidson, assistant, Coast and Geodetic Survey, for expenses incurred by him as American delegate to the general conference of the International Geodetic Association held at Paris, France, in October, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the sum of fifty-one dollars and twenty eight cents. Paper for stamps, etc. Punishing violation of laws. Light-house establishment. Supplies. Coast and Geodetic Survey. George Davidson. Reimbursement. Payment to. For payment of balance due the Huntington and Hopkins Com- Huntington and Hoppany, of San Francisco, California, for material supplied in the con- kins Company. struction of the new boiler for the Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer McArthur, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety, sixty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents. OFFICE EXPENSES: For the purchase of new instruments, for materials and supplies required in the instrument shop, carpenter shop, and drawing division, and for books, maps, charts, and subscriptions, seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents. For copper-plates, chart-paper, printer's ink, copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing, and electrotyping supplies; for extra engraving and drawing; and for photolithographing charts and printing from stone, and copper for immediate use, one hundred and twenty-five dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, contingencies of all kinds, office furniture, repairs, and extra labor, and for traveling expenses of assistants and others employed in the office sent on special duty in the service of the office, fifty dollars. Office expenses. Standard weights OFFICE OF CONSTRUCTION OF STANDARD WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: For purchase of materials and apparatus, and incidental ex- and measures, materipenses, four hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents. als. |