230. To adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea. Approved August 19, 1890.

231. Extending the time of payment to purchasers of land of the Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and for other purposes. Approved August 19, 1890.

232. To ratify and confirm an agreement entered into by commissioners on the part of the States of New-York and Pennsylvania, in relation to the boundary line between said States. Approved August 19, 1890.

233. Authorizing the city of Charleston, South Carolina, to open Concord-st. through the grounds of the United States in that city. Approved August 19, 1890. 234. To establish a National military park at the battlefield of Chickamauga. proved August 19, 1890.

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235. Making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, for the year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purposes. Approved August 19, 1890.

236. Providing for leave of absence for officers and employes in the customs service of the Government who receive per diem compensation. Approved August 28, 1890. 237. Amending an act entitled "An act to constitute Lincoln, Nebraska, a port of delivery, and to extend the provisions of the act of June 10, 1880, entitled 'An act to amend the statutes in relation to immediate transportation of dutiable goods, and for other purposes,' to said port of Lincoln." Approved August 28, 1890.

238. To reorganize and establish the customs collection district of Puget Sound. Approved August 28, 1890,

239. To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges across the Mississippi River at Saint Paul, in the State of Minnesota," approved July 5, 1884. Approved August 29, 1890.

240. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at some accessible point between the mouth of the Illinois and the mouth of the Missouri Rivers. Approved August 29, 1890.

241. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Columbia River by the Oregon Railway Extensions Company. Approved August 29, 1890.

242. To change the time of the sessions of the circui and district courts for the western district of Missouri. Approved August 29, 1890.

243. To amend an act entitled "An act for the relief of settlers on railroad lands," approved June 22, 1874. Approved August 29, 1890.

244. Making appropriations for additional clerical force and other expenses to carry into effect the act entitled "An act granting pensions to soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor, and providing for pensions to widows, minor children, and dependent parents," from September 1, 1890, for the bal ance of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891. Approved August 29, 1890.

245. Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, and for other purposes. Approved August 30, 1890. 246. To provide American registers for the steamers Stroma and Marco Aurelia. Approved August 30, 1890,

247. Providing for an inspection of meats for exportation, prohibiting the importation of adulterated articles of food or drink, and authorizing the President to make proclamation in certain cases, and for other purposes. Approved August 30, 1890. 248. To establish a fog-signal at or near the Cuckolds Island, at the entrance to Boothbay Harbor, otherwise known as Townsend Harbor, Maine. Approved August 30, 1890.

249. To apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July 2, 1862. Approved August 30, 1890.

250. Granting the use of certain lands to the town of New-Haven, Connecticut, for a public park. Approved September 1, 1890.

251. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Little Tennessee River at or near Niles' Ferry, Tennessee. Approved September 2, 1890.

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252. For the erection of a bridge across the Missouri River, between the city Saint Charles, Missouri, and the county of Saint Louis, Missouri. Approved September 2, 1890.

253. To authorize the construction of two bridges across Boeuf River, Louisiana. Approved September 4, 1890.

254. Giving the consent of the United States to the State of North Dakota to appropriate for the use of the State Agricultural College, as a site for that institution, Section 36, Township 140, Range 49 West, situate in the county of Cass, in said Approved September 4, 1890.

State.

255. Constituting Cairo, Illinois, a port of delivery in the customs collection district of New-Orleans. Approved September 4, 1890.

256. Extending the criminal jurisdiction of the circuit and district courts to the Great Lakes and their connecting waters. Approved September 4, 1890. 257. In regard to collision at sea. Approved September 4, 1890.

258. To provide an American register for the steamer Italia. Approved September 4, 1890.

259. Authorizing the Lexington Pontoon Bridge Company to construct and main tain a pontoon bridge across the Missouri River, and to legalize the bridge already constructed, at the city of Lexington, in the State of Missouri. Approved September 13, 1890.

260. Making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of

certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. Approved September 19, 1890.

261. To amend certain sections of the Revised Statutes reiating to lotteries, and for other purposes. Approved September 19, 1890.

262. To establish a port of delivery at Sioux City, Iowa. Approved September 25, 1890.

263. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to survey and mark the seventh standard parallel between the States of North and South Dakota. Approved September 25, 1890.

264.-To provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Rock Island, Illinois. Approved September 25, 1890.

265. To amend an act approved March 3, 1887, entitled "An act to amend sections 2,533 and 2,534 of the Revised Statutes, and making Hartford, in the State of Conn.c.1 ticut, a port of entry, in place of Middletown. Approved September 25, 1800.

266. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to procure and submit to Congress a proposal for the sale to the United States of the Western part of the Crow Indian Reservation, in Montana. Approved September 25, 1890.

267. To extend the time for the redemption of school farms in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Approved September 25, 1890.

268. To amend an act entitled "An act authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North," approved July 16, 1888. Approved September 25, 1890.

269. To construct a wagon bridge across the Mississippi River at Hastings, Minnesota. Approved September 25, 1890.

270. To create a por of entry at Eagle Pass, Texas, in lieu of Indianola, Texas. Approved September 25, 1890."

271. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River at Wino' a, Minnesota. Approved September 25, 1800.

272. To authorize the Haines' Brackett, Fort Clarke and Rio Grande Railroad Company to construct and operate a railway through the Fort Clarke military reservation in Texas, and for other purposes. Approved September 25, 1890.

273. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Savannah River by the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company. Approved September 25, 1890. 274. To amend an act entitled "An act to authorize the Cairo and Tennessee River Railroad Company to construct bridges across the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, approved January 8, 1880. Approved September 25, 1890.

275. To amend section 572 of the Revised Statutes so as to provide for the holding of the regular terms of the circuit and district courts for the western districts of Vir gini. Approved September 25, 1890.

276. To authorize the construction of bridges over the Savannah, Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers by the Macon and Atlantic Railway Company. Approved September 25, 1890.

277. To authorize the Chicago, Henderson, Bowling Green and Chattanooga Railway Company to construct a bridge over Green and Barren Rivers, in the State of Kentucky. Approved September 25, 1890.

278. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain lands, and to grant the proceeds of such sale to the town of Pelican, Oneida County, Wisconsin, for school purposes. Approved September 25, 1890.

279. To set apart a certain tract of land in the State of California as a public park. Approved September 25, 1890.

280. Granting right of way United States lands in St. Augustine, Florida. Approved September 26, 1890.

281. To restore telegraphic communication between Tatoosh Island and Port Angeles, Washington. Approved September 26, 1890.

282. To grant to the Mobile and Dauphin Island Railroad and Harbor Company a right to trestle across the shoal water between Cedar Point and Dauphin Island. Approved September 26, 1890.

283. Authorizing the construction of a bridge over the Tennessee River at or near Knoxville, Tennessee. Approved September 26, 1890.

284. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Chattahoochee River, in the State of Georgia. Approved September 26, 1890.

285. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Oconee River, in the State of Georgia. Approved September 26, 1890.

286. To amend Section 3,510 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and to provide for new designs of authorized devices of United States coins. Approved September 26, 1890.

287. To discontinue the coinage of the three-dollar and one-dollar gold pieces and three-cent nickel piece. Approved September 26. 1890.

288. Creating an additional land office in the State of North Dakota. Approved September 26, 1890.

289. Granting the right of way to the Hutchinson and Southern Railroad Company to construct and operate a railroad, telegraph and telephone line from the city of Anthony, in the State of Kansas, through the Indian Territory, to some point in the county of Grayson, in the State of Texas. Approved September 26, 1890.

290. Granting to the Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company the right of way through the Fort Lewis military reservation, in La Plata County, in the State of Colorado. Approved September 26, 1890.

291. Establishing a free public bathing beach on the Potomac River near Washington Monument. Approved September 26, 1890.

292. For the relief of certain property-owners in the City of Washington, District of Columbia. Approved September 26, 1890.

293. To grant school district numbered 7 of the township of Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, certain lots of land for school purposes. Approved September 26,

1890.

294. To amend the Articles of War relative to the punishment on courts-martial. Approved September 27, 1890.

295. To provide an American register for the steamer Neptuno. tember 27, 1890.

296. For the relief of George M. Wheeler.

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297. Authorizing the establishing of a public park in the District of Columbia. Approved September 27, 1890.

298. To authorize the Texas-Mexican Electric Light and Power Company to erect wires across the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas. Approved September 27,

1890.

299. To provide an American register for the steamship G. W. Jones, of New-York. Approved September 27, 1890.

300. To forfeit certain lands heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of railroads and for other purposes. Approved September 29, 1890.

301. Authorizing the placing of the name of James M. Williams upon the retired list of the United States Army, with the rank of captain ofeavalry. Approved September 29, 1890.

302. For the relief of certain officers on the retired list of the Army. September 29, 1890.

Approved 303. To authorize the President to restore Tenedor Ten Eyck to his former rank in the Army, and to place him on the retired list of army officers. Approved September

29, 1890.

304. Extending the limit of cost for public building at Hoboken, New-Jersey, to meet requirements of site. Approved September 29, 1890.

305. For the establishment of a fight-station and fog-signal in the vicinity of Braddock's Point, Lake Ontario, New-York, and providing a fog.whistle at Charlotte lightstation, on said lake. Approved September 29, 1890.

306. Amending an act of Congress passed July 12, 1882, relative to fire limit of site of Postoffice and Federal building, Brooklyn, New-Yo k. Approved September 29, 1890.

307. To provide for the establishment of a port of delivery at Peoria, Illinois. Approved September 29, 1890.

308. To repeal part of Section 6 of an act entitled "An act to divide the State of Iowa into two judicial districts," approved July 20. 1882. 1890. Approved September 29,

309. To provide an American register for the bark Campanero, of Baltimore, Maryland. Approved September 30, 1890.

310. To authorize entry of the public lands by incorporated cities and towns for cemetery and park purpose. Approved September 30, 1890.

311. To authorize the Eagle Pass Water Supply Company and the Compania Proveedora de Aguas de Ciudad Porfirio Diaz to connect their water works communications across the Rio Grande River at Eagle Pass, Texas. Approved September 30, 1890.

312. To repeal sections 3.952 and 3,953 of Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved September 30, 1890.

313. To provide for the disposal of a portion of the United States military reservation at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Approved September 30, 1890.

314. To amend chapter 67, volume 23, of the Statutes at Large of the United States. Approved September 30, 1890.

215. Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the approrpriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, and for prior years. and for other purposes. proved September 30, 1890.

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316. To provide for the sale of certain New-York Indian lands in Kansas. Approved September 30, 1890.

317. In recognition of the merits and services of Chief Engineer George Wallace Melville, United States Navy, and of the other officers and men of the Jeannette Arctic Expedition. Approved September 30. 1890.

318. To authorize the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company to cross certain rivers in the State of Mississippi. Approved September 30, 1890.

319. Authorizing the use of the Louisville and Portland Canal Basin on certain conditions. Approved September 30, 1890.

320. To authorize the Canaveral and South Florida Railroad Company to construct and maintain a bridge across the Indian River and one across the Banana River, both in the State of Florida, and to establish the same, in each case, as a post-road. Approved September 30, 1890.

321. To authorize the Seneca Nation of New-York Indians to lease lands within the Cattaraugus and Allegany Reservations, and to confirm existing leases. Approved September 30, 1890.

322. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Kentucky River and its tributaries by the Louisville, Covington and Cincinnati Railway Company, the Carrollton and Louisville Railroad Company, and the Westport, Carrollton and Covington Railway Company and their assigns. Approved September 30, 1890.

323. To authorize the building of a bridge at Dardanelle, Arkansas, across the Arkansas River. Approved September 30, 1890.

324. To provide an American register for the steamer Joseph Oteri, junior, of NewOrleans, Louisiana.-Approved September 30, 1890.

325. To open abandoned military reservations in the State of Nevada to homestead entry. Approved October 1, 1890. 326. To provide for the disposal of the Old Fort Lyon and Fort Lyon and Pagosa Springs military reservations, in the State of Colorado, to actual settlers, under the provisions of the homestead laws. Approved October 1, 1890.

327. To provide for the examination of certain oflicers of the Army and to regulate promotions therein. Approved October 1, 1890.

328. To amend an act entitled "An act to establish a railway bridge across the Illinois River, extending from a point within five miles of Columbiana, in Greene Coun ty, to a point within five miles of Farrowtown, in Calhoun County, in the State of Illinois," Approved March 3, 1883. Approved October 1, 1890.

329. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Alabama River, at or near Selma, Alabama, by the Selma and Cahawba Valley Railroad Company. Approved Oc. tober 1, 1890.

330. To reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports. Approved October 1, 1890. 331. To authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to annul and cancel the subdivision of part of Square 112, known as Cooke Park. Approved October 1, 1890.

332. To provide for the incorporation of trust, loan, mortgage and certain other corporations within the District of Columbia. Approved October 1, 1890.

333. To confirm certain sales of the Kansas trust and diminished reserve lands in the State of Kansas. Approved October 1, 1890.

334. Granting the right of way to the Sherman and Northwestern Railway Company through the Indian Territory, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

335. To refer to the Court of Claims certain claims of the Shawnee and Delaware Indians and the freedmen of the Cherokee Nation, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

336. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at some accessible point in Boone County, in the State of Missouri. Approved October 1, 1890. 337. Authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Osage River at some accessible point in the County of Benton, in the State of Missouri. Approved October 1, 1890.

338. Giving, upon conditions and limitations therein contained, the assent of the United States to certain leases of rights to mine coal in the Choctaw Nation. Approved October 1, 1890.

$39. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Missouri River at the most accessible point within one mile above or below the town of Quindaro, in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas. Approved October 1, 1890.

340. Relative to the Kancho Punta de la Laguna. Approved October 1, 1890. 341. Making an appropriation to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for compen. sation of members in the House of Representatives and Delegates from Territories. Approved October 1, 1890.

342. Defining certain duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

343. Opening to settlement a portion of the Fort Randall Military Reservation in South Dakota, and to dispose of the Sisseton Military Reservation. Approved October

1, 1890.

344. For the relief of settlers on Northern Pacific Railroad indemnity lands. proved October 1, 1890.

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345. To promote the administration of justice in the Army. Approved October 1, 1890.

346. Granting leave of absence to clerks and employes in first and second class postoffices, and to employes of the Postoflice Department employed in the mail-bag repair shops connected with said Department. Approved October 1, 1890.

347. To authorize the construction of a bridge across the Altamaha River. Ap. proved October 1, 1890.

348. To amend Section 2,399 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Approved October 1, 1890. 349. To set apart certain tracts of land in the State of California as forest reservations. Approved October 1, 1890.

350. To convey certain lands to the county of Ormsby, State of Nevada. Approved October 1, 1890.

351. To authorize the conveyance of certain Absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas. Apprvod October 1, 1890.

352. To increase the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the Signal Corps of the Army, and to transfer the Weather Service to the Department of Agriculture. Approved October 6, 1890.

353. Establishing a customs collection district to consist of the States of North Dakota and South Dakota, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

354. To provide for railroad crossings in the Indian Territory. Approved October 1, 1890. 355. For the relief of certain settlers on the public lands of the United States, and to authorize the taking and filing of final proofs in certain cases. Approved October 1,

1890.

356. To authorize the appointment of Assistant Surgeons Thomas Owens and Willian Martin, United States Navy, not in the line of promotion, to the position of Surgeons, United States Navy, nct in the line of promotion, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

357. To provide for the reduction of the Round Valley Indian Reservation, in the State of California, and for other purposes. Approved October 1, 1890.

358. Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to ascertain damages resulting to any person who had settled upon the Crow Creek and Winnebago Reservations in South Dakota between February 27, 1885, and April 17, 1885. Approved October 1, 1890.

359. Granting right of way to the Red Lake and Western Railway and Navigation Company across Red Lake Reservation, in Minnesota, and granting said con pany the right to take lands for terminal railroad and warehouse purposes. Approved October 1,

1890.

860. To extend and amend "An act to authorize the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company to construct and operate a railway through the Indian Territory, and for cther purposes." Approved October 1, 1890.

361. Granting to the Northern Pacific and Yakima Irrigation Company a right of way through the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington. Approved October 1,1890. 362. For the protection of actual settlers who have made homesteads or pre-emption entries upon the public lands of the United States in the State of Florida upon which deposits of phosphate have been discovered since such entries were mado Approved October 1, 1890.

363. Granting to the Newport and King's Valley Railroad Company the right of way through the Siletz Indian Reservation. Approved October 1. 1890.

364. To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Rio Grande Junction Railway Company certain lands in the State of Colorado in lieu of certain other lands in said State conveyed by the said company to the United States. Approved October 1, 1890.

LIST OF PUBLIC JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

1. To print the Agricultural report for 1889. Approved December 19, 1889.

2. To pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their respective salaries for the month of December, 1889, on the 20th day of said month. Approved December 19, 1889.

3. To extend the time of service of delegates of the United States to the International Marine Conference. Approved December 19, 1889.

4. For removing damages caused by floods in Sacramento and Feather rivers. Approved December 21, 1889.

5. To authorize the expenditure for rent of a portion of the appropriation for the irrigation survey for the present fiscal year. Approved January 6, 1890.

6. Donating fixtures furniture, etc., to the States of Washington and Montana. Approved January 10, 1890.

7. Authorizing the continuation of the printing of a Supplement to the Digest of International Law under the direction of the literary executor of the late Francis Wharton. Approved February 6, 1890.

8. For the relief of certain Chippewa Indians of the La Pointe Agency, Wisconsin. Approved February 11, 1890. 9. Congratulating the people of the United States of Brazil on their adoption of a republican form of government. Approved February 19, 1890.

10. For the removal of obstructions to navigation in the Missouri River and extension of jetty work at the mouth of Columbia River, Oregon. Approved February

22, 1890.

11. Providing for taking the census in Alaska. Approved March 19, 1890. 12. For the relief of sufferers in the Mississippi Valley. Approved April 3, 1890. 13. Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to remove the naval magazine from Ellis's Island, in New-York Harbor, and to purchase a site and erect a naval magazine at some other point, and for other purposes. Approved April 11, 1890.

14. Requesting the Secretary of War to cause a further report to be made as to the practicability and approximate cost of tunnelling the Detroit River at or near Detroit, Michigan. Approved April 19, 1890.

15. Authorizing the Secretary of War to use rations for the relief of destitute persons in the district overflowed by the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by said overflow. Approved April 25, 1890. 16. Authorizing the use and improvement of Castle Island, in Boston Harbor. Approved May 1, 1890.

17. Construing part of the act of March 2, 1889, making ppropriations for the office of Second Assistant Postmaster-General. Approved May 1, 1890.

18. To continue in force an act authorizing the construction of a bridge over Bayou Bernard, in the State of Mississippi. Approved May 14, 1890..

19. Authorizing the use and improvement at Fort Sewall at Marblehead, Massachu setts. Approved May 19, 1890.

20. Appropriating the sum of $500 to complee the engraving and printing of the nortrait of James N. Burnes, deceased, late a member of the House of Representatives of the Lth Congress. Approved May 22, 1890.

21. To fill vacancies in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Approved May 22, 1890.

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Authorizing and directing the payment of the salaries of the officers and the employes of Congress for the month of May, 1890. Approved May 27, 1890. 23. To print the eulogies upon William D. Kelley. Approved June 5, 1890.

24. To provide for printing the eulogies delivered in Congress upon the late Richard W. Townshend. Approved June 5, 1890.

25. For the rellef of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company. Became a law without the President's approval.