CHAP. 235.-An Act Making appropriations for the diplomatic Mar. 2, 1909. and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nine- [H. R. 27523.] teen hundred and ten. [Public, No. 292.] 1, p. 672. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-35 Statz, L., tives of the United States of America in Congress assem bled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, Diplomatic severally appropriated, in full compensation for the appropriations. diplomatic and consular service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, namely: BOUNDARY LINE, ALASKA AND CANADA. Alaska and To enable the Secretary of State to mark the boundary Boundary, and make the surveys incidental thereto, between the Ter- Canada. ritory of Alaska and the Dominion of Canada, in conformity with the award of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and existing treaties, including employment at the seat of government of such surveyors, computers, and draftsmen as are necessary to reduce field notes, one hundred thousand dollars, to be immediately available, together with the unexpended balance of the previous appropriation for this object. FISHERIES CONVENTION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA. For the payment of the compensation of a commission on the part of the United States under the convention between the United States and Great Britain concerning the fisheries in waters contiguous to the United States and the Dominion of Canada, signed at Washington on April eleventh, nineteen hundred and eight, and of the share of the United States of the expenses that may be incurred in putting into operation and carrying out the convention during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Fishery Com mission, Canadian. Treaties. RELIEF AND PROTECTION OF AMERICAN SEAMEN. * (In Alaska. See p. 221.) * * CHAP. 237.-An Act To extend the time for the completion of Mar. 2, 1909. [H. R. 27068.] the Alaska Central Railway, and for other purposes. [Public, No. 294.] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 35 Stat. L., tives of the United States of America in Congress assem- pt. 1, p. 683. bled, That the time for filing the map of definite location of the Alaska Central Railway, as required by the provi-Time extendsions of chapter two hundred and ninety-nine of the tion. Alaska Central Railway. ed for comple Laws of the United States, entitled "An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for the right of way for railroads in the District of Alaska, and for other purposes," approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, be, and the same is hereby, extended for three years from the date of the passage of this Act, and that the time for completion of said Alaska Central Railway be, and the same is hereby, extended for three years from the expiration of the period provided for in the Act entitled "An Act to extend the time for the completion of the Alaska Central Railway, and for other purposes," approved June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall Legal rights be held or construed to affect any lawfully accrued rights. Proviso. not affected. Mar. 2, 1909. CHAP. 239.-An Act To amend an Act entitled "An Act to ex[H. R. 25823.] tend the time for the completion of the Valdez, Marshall Pass and [Public. No. Northern Railroad, and for other purposes," approved February 296.] twenty-first, nineteen hundred and seven. 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 684. Valdez, Mar Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemAlaska. bled, That the Act entitled "An Act to extend the time shall Pass and for the completion of the Valdez, Marshall Pass and Northern Rail Northern Railroad, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-first, nineteen hundred and seven, be. and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows: road Company. Time extend "That the time for the compliance of the Valdez, Mared for complet-shall Pass and Northern Railroad Company with the pro ing road. Further extension. License tax exemption. Provisos. Condition. visions of sections four and five of the Act entitled An Act extending the homestead laws and providing for the right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska, and for other purposes,' approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, by locating and completing its railroad in Alaska, is hereby extended "First. Said company shall have four years from the passage of this Act within which to complete the first twenty miles of its railroad, by way of Keystone Canyon, Marshall Pass to Copper River, and from thence to Tanana River, and six years from the date of the passage of this Act within which to complete said railroad to the Tanana River, all to be within such rights as it possesses and not in any way affecting or contravening any vested rights of any other company or person or the rights of the Government, provided said company carry out the requirements of law. "Second. Said company shall be exempt from license tax during the period of construction and for four years thereafter: Provided, That the total period of exemption shall not exceed ten years from the time of the passage of this Act: And provided further, That this exemption shall exist and operate only during the continuance of the construction of said road in good faith, and in the event of unnecessary delay and failure in the construction and completion of said road the exemption from taxation herein provided shall cease and said tax shall be collectible as to so much of said road as shall have been completed. "Third. Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, Amendment. or repeal this Act." CHAP. 252.—An Act Making appropriations for the support of the army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten. Mar. 3, 1909. (Washington-Alaska military cable and telegraph sys- pt. 1, p. 732. tem; Construction and maintenance of military and post roads, etc., in Alaska; Extra pay to enlisted men of the Signal Corps employed in Alaska. See pp. 104, 106, 107.) Mar. 3, 1909. CHAP. 255.—An Act Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and [H. R. 26394.] ten, and for other purposes. [Public, No. (Marine barracks at Sitka, Alaska; Sale of naval stores pt. 1, p. 753. to officers and men and civilians in Alaska. (See p. 111.) ་ CHAP. 260.—An Act To extend the time for construction and Mar. 3, 1909. beginning construction of the Alaska Short Line Railroad in [H. R. 23717.] Alaska. [Public, No. tion of Alaska Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- pt. 1, p. 780. tives of the United States of America in Congres assem- Alaska. bled, That in consideration of the construction of the Time extendAlaska Short Line Railroad in Alaska being actually ed for construccommenced prior to June first, nineteen hundred and ten, short Line the time for the completion of the survey and construc- Railroad in. tion of said railroad be, and the same is hereby, extended to a period of three years from said first day of June, anno Domini nineteen hundred and ten: Provided, That said company shall file with the Secretary of the Interior nite location. maps of definite location of its line of road, prior to the beginning of the construction of any twenty-mile section thereof, the same to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, as is now required by the Act approved May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, providing for right of way for railroads in the district of Alaska. Proviso. Mar. 3, 1909. CHAP. 263.—An Act Making appropriations for the current [H. R. 26916.) and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, ninteen hundred and ten. [Public, No. 316.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 781. partment ap Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress asemIndian De- bled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, propriations. appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying the current and contingent expenses of the Indian Department, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and in full compensation for all offices the salaries for which are specially provided for herein for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, namely: Transporting pupils. Provisos. pupils. For collection and transportation of pupils to and from Indian schools, and also for the transportation of Indian pupils from all the Indian schools and placing of them, with the consent of their parents, under the care and control of such suitable white families as may in all respects be qualified to give such pupils moral, industrial, and educational training, seventy-five thousand dollars: Positions for Provided, That not exceeding five thousand dollars of this amount may be used, under direction of the Commisioner of Indian Affairs, in the transportation and placing of Indian pupils in positions where remunerative employment can be found for them in industrial pursuits. The provisions of this section shall apply to Young chil-native pupils brought from Alaska: Provided, That no Indian pupil under the age of fourteen years shall be transported at government expense to any Indian school beyond the limits of the State or Territory in which the parents of such child reside or of the adjoining State or' White chl- Territory: Provided further, That hereafter white chilto Indiandren may, under rules prescribed by the Commissioner of boarding Indian Affairs, be admitted to Indian boarding schools on the payment of tuition fees at a rate to be fixed in said Use of tul rules: Provided further, That all tuition fees paid for white children so enrolled shall be deposited in the United States Treasury to reimburse the fund out of which the school is supported. dren. dren admitted schools. tion fees. * POLICE. For pay of officers at twenty-five dollars per month each, and privates at twenty dollars per month each, of Indian police, to be employed in maintaining order and prohibiting illegal traffic in liquor on the several Indian reservations and within the Territory of Alaska, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, for the purchase of equipments, and for the purchase of rations for policemen at nonration agencies, two hundred thousand dollars. CHAP. 266. An Act Authorizing the Attorney-General to appoint as special peace officers such employees of the Alaska school service as may be named by the Secretary of the Interior. Mar. 3, 1909. [S. 8058.] [Public, No. 319.] p. 837. School em designated as Authorized Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-35 Stat. L., tires of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney-General shall have power to Alaska. appoint, in his discretion, any person employed in the ployees may be Alaska school service who may be designated by the special peace Secretary of the Interior as a special peace officer of the officers. division of the district of Alaska in which such person to arrest perresides; and such special peace officer shall have authority Criminal Code. to arrest, upon warrant duly issued, any native of the district of Alaska charged with the violation of any of the provisions of the Criminal Code of Alaska (Act March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, second supplement Revised Statutes, page one thousand and three) or any amendment thereof, or any white man charged with the violation of any of said provisions to the detriment of any native of the district of Alaska; and such peace officer shall also have authority to make Summary arsuch arrests, without warrant, for a crime committed or attempted in his presence, or when the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence, or when a felony has in fact been committed and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it; and any person so arrested shall be taken, Trials. in accordance with such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney-General, and without unnecessary delay, before a United States commissioner or other judicial officer for trial: Provided, however, That Proviso. no person so appointed shall be entitled to any fees or not allowed. emoluments of any character whatsoever for performing Actual exany of the services herein mentioned, but may be allowed, in the discretion of the Attorney-General, expenses actually and necessarily incurred in connection with such services. rests. Fees, etc., penses. CHAP. 269.-An Act To amend section eighty-six of an Act Mar. 3, 1909. to provide a government for the Territory of Hawaii, to provide [H. R. 21896.] for additional judges, and for other judicial purposes. [ Public, No. 322.] 35 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 838. Courts. SEC. 2. That section four of chapter one of title one of Alaska. an Act entitled "An Act making further provision for |