therein shall be held to be prima facie evidence of the existence of said agency by all the parties named therein; but the Postmaster-General shall not be precluded from ascertaining the existence of such agency in any other legal way satisfactory to himself." Sec. 3. That Section 4,041 of the Revised Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4,011. The Postmaster-General may, upon evidence satisfactory to him that any person or company is engaged in conducting any lottery, gift enterprise or scheme for the distribution of money, or of any real or personal property by lot; chance or drawing of any kind, or that any person or company is conducting any other scheme for obtaining money or property of any kind through the mails by means of false or fraudulent pretences, representations or promises, forbid the payment by any postmaster to said person or company of any postal money-orders drawn to his or its order, or in his or its favor, or to the agent of any such person or company, whether such agent is acting as an indi vidual or as a firm, bank, corporation or association of any kind, and may provide by regulation for the return to the remitters of the sums named in such money-orders. But this shall not authorize any person to open any letter not addressed to himself. The public advertisement by such person or company so conducting any such lottery, gift enterprise, scheme or device, that remittances for the same may be made by means of postal money-orders to any other person, firm, bank, corporation or association named therein shall be held to be prima facie evidence of the existence of said agency by all the parties named therein; but the Postmaster-General shall not be precluded from ascertaining the existence of such agency in any other legal way." This bill passed each house without a division.

ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION.

The act provides that every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise,. or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceed ing five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 2. Every person who shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or com merce among the several States, or with foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 3. Every contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in any Territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such Territory and another, or between any such Territory or Territories and any State or States or the Distict of Columbia, or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any State or States or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal. Every person who shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in the discretion of the court.

Sec. 4. The several Circuit Courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act; and it shall be the duty of the several District-Attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the Attorney-General, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations. Such proceedings may be by way of petition setting forth the case and praying that such violation shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited. When the parties complained of shall have been duly notified of such petition the court shall proceed, as soon as may be, to the hearing and determination of the case; and pending such petition and before final decree, the court may at any time make such temporary restraining order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in the premises. Sec. 5. Whenever it shall appear to the court before which any proceeding under Section 4 of this act may be pending, that the ends of justice require that other parties should be brought before the court, the court may cause them to be summoned, whether they reside in the district in which the court is held or not, and subpoenas to that end may be served in any district by the marshal thereof.

Sec. 6. Any property owned under any contract or by any combination, or pursuant to any conspiracy (and being the subject thereof) mentioned in Section 1 of this act, and being in the course of transportation from one State to another, or to a foreign country, shall be forfeited to the United States, and may be seized and condemned by like proceedings as those provided by law for the forfeiture, seizure and condemnation of property imported into the United States contrary to law.

Sec. 7. Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any circuit court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover three fold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.

Sec. 8. That the word "person," or "persons," wherever used in this act shall be deemed to include corporations and associations existing under or authorized by the

laws of either the United States, the laws of any of the Territories, the laws of any State, or the laws of any foreign country.

The above bill, when reported by a committee of conference, passed both houses without a division.

ARMY LEGISLATION.

This act provides that after July 1, 1890, $4 a month shall be retained from the pay of each enlisted man in the Army for the first year of his enlistment, to be paid him as discharge from the service, and forfeited unless he serves honestly and faithfully to the date of discharge-this sum to be treated as a deposit and bear interest from the end of the year in which it shall have accrued. Enlistments shall continue to be made for five years, but at the end of three years every soldier whose antecedent service been faithful shall be entitled to a furlough for three months and at the end of such furlough, in time of peace, shall be entitled to his discharge on application, but soldiers so discharged shall not be entitled to the allowances provided in Section 1,290 of the Revised Statutes.

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In time of peace the President may, in his discretion and under such rules and upon such conditions as he shall prescribe, permit any enlisted man to purchase his discharge from the Army. The purchase money to be paid under this section shall be paid to a paymaster of the Army and be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of one or more of the current appropriations for the support of the Army, to be indicated by the Secre tary of War, and be available for the payment of expenses incurred during the fiscal year in which the discharge is made.

The Army ration now provided by law shall be increased by the addition thereto of one pound of vegetables, the proportion to be fixed by the Secretary of War.

CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION of. The act authorizes the President, whenever it shall be made to appear to his satisfaction, that cholera, yellow fever, smallpox, or plague exists in any State or Terri tory, or in the District of Columt la, and that there is danger of the spread of such disease into other States, Territories, or the District of Columbia, to cause the Secretary of the Treasury to promulgate such rules and regulations as in his judgment may be necessary to prevent the spread of such disease from one State or Territory into another, or from any State or Territory into the District of Columbia, or from the District of Columbia into any State or Territory, and to employ such inspectors and other persons as may be necessary to execute such regulations to prevent the spread of such disease. Proper penalties are provided.

CUSTOMS LEGISLATION.

These bills were passed in the first session of the LIst Congress:

I. To modify existing laws relating to duties on imports and the collection of the revenue.

This bill corrected a manifest error in the Tariff Act of 1883 relating to silk ribbons. It passed both houses without a division.

II. Providing for the classification of worsted cloths as woollens. This bill passed the House-Yeas 138 (Republicans 129, Democrats 9), nays 0-not a quorum of the body. The Speaker, under the rules, counted 75 members present and not voting, thereby making a quorum, and declared the bill passed. The vote in the Senate was-Yeas 32 (Republicans 31, Democrat 1), nays 20 (all Democrats).

III. To simplify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenues. This is popularly known as the Administrative_Customs Act. It passed the House-Yeas 138 (all Republicans), nays 121 (all Democrats). It was amended and passed the Senate-Yeas 35 (Republicans 31, Democrat 1), nays 18 (all Democrats). The report of the Committee of Conference, being the existing law, was agreed to in the Senate without a division. In the House the yeas were 127 (all Republicans), nays 13 (all Democrats)-no quorum. The Speaker counted 62 present and not voting, making a quorum, and declared the bill passed.

The bill contains 29 sections, of which this is an abstract:
Section 1. Defines who is the owner of imported goods.

Sec. 2. How invoices shall be made out.

Sec. 3. How declarations on invoices shall be indorsed thereon and what the declaration shall embody.

Sec. 4. Duly certified invoice or affidavit must accompany merchandise admitted to entry. Collector authorized to compel production of papers, and to examine parties under oath.

Sec. 5. Forms of different declarations prescribed.

Sec. 6. Penalty for making false declarations.

Sec. 7. Methods of making additions to invoice value of purchased goods. Penalty to attach for undervaluation above 10 per cent. Forfeiture to attach to goods undervalued more than 40 per cent. To what article forfeiture shall apply. Duty not to be assessed on less than invoice value.

Sec. 8. Additional papers and declarations required with invoice of consigned goods at time of entry. Sec. 9. Penal provision for fraudulent acts in connection with preceding

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Sec. 10. Prescribing duty of appraising officers and collectors in ascertaining actual market values of imported merchandise at time of exportation to United States.

Sec. 11. Mode of procedure when such actual market value cannot be ascertained satisfactorily under the provisions of Section 10.

Sec. 12. Nine general appraisers authorized to be appointed by the President. To be employed at such ports as Secretary of Treasury may prescribe. Permanent board to be established at the port of New-York. Place of sample to be established there.

Sec. 13. Prescribes duties of appraisers and assistant appraisers. Mode of re-appraisement. Decision of board of appraisers final as to dutiable value.

Sec. 14. Mode of appeal and time within which it must be taken from decision of collector. Decision of collector conclusive unless appeal is taken within ten days. Decision of board conclusive unless appeal to circuit court is taken as prescribed in Section 15.

Sec. 15. Prescribes mode of appeal on question of classification to the circuit court, and thence to the Supreme Court, and how final judgment shall be satisfied. Sec. 16. General appraisers authorized to administer oaths, and cite parties before them; and with power to compel production of papers and to take testimony in writing.

Sec. 17. Penalty for violation of preceding section. Penalty for false swearing. Sec. 18. Decisions of general appraisers to be filled, and to be open to public inspection; to be reported to Secretary of Treasury and board of general appraisers with samples. Abstract of decisions to be made and published once each week,

Sec. 19. Definition of "value" or "actual market value" as used in this act: Duty on unusual coverings.

Sec. 20. Goods in bonded warehouse may be withdrawn within three years from entry on payment of duty in force at time of withdrawal.

Sec. 21. Burden of proof in customs cases to lie on the claimant of goods.

Sec. 22. Fees abolished in customs cases; declarations substituted for oaths, and penalties of Section 6 applied to them.

Sec. 23. Damage allowance abolished. Owner may abandon goods to Government, if amounting to 10 per cent or over of invoice.

Sec. 24. Provides for refund of excess of overpayment in customs duties, and makes a permanent appropriation. Secretary of Treasury to give a yearly detailed statement of such refunds.

Sec. 25. Prohibits liability of collector for acts performed or decisions rendered in connection with values and classifications and rates of duty.

Secs. 26, 27. Makes the giving or soliciting of bribes or presents to or by offlcers of the United States a penal offence.

Sec. 28. Authorizes passage of baggage in transit to a foreign country without pay. ment of duty.

Sec. 29. Repealing section.

IV. To reduce the revenue and equalize duties on exports and for other purposes. This is popularly known as the McKinley Tariff bill.

The final votes on this bill were as follows:

ON PASSING THE BILL IN HOUSE, MAY 21, 1890.

Yeas-Messrs. Adams, Allen, of Michigan; Anderson, of Kansas; Arnold, Atkinson, of Pennsylvania; Atkinson, of West Virginia; Baker, of New-York; Banks, Bartine, Bayne, Beckwith, Belden, Belknap, Bergen, Bingham, Bliss, of Michigan; Boothman, Boutelle, Bowden, Brewer, Brosius, Brower, T. M. Browne, Browne, of Virginia; Buchanan, of New-Jersey; Burrows, Burton, Butterworth, Caldwell, Candler, of Massachusetts; Cannon, Carter, Caswell, Cheadle, Cheatham, Clark, of Wisconsin; Cogs. well, Comstock, Conger, Cooper, of Ohio; Craig, Culbertson, of Pennsylvania; Cutcheon, Dalzell, Darlington, De Haven, De Lano, Dingley, Dolliver, Dorsey, Dunnell, Evans, Ewart, Farquhar, Finley, Flick, Flood, Frank, Funston, Gear, Gest, Gilford, Greenhalge, Grosvenor, Hall, of Minnesota; Hansbrough, Harmer, Haugen, Henderson, of Illinois; Henderson, of Iowa; Hermann, Hill, Hitt, Hopkins, of Illinois; Houk, Kelley, of Kansas; Kennedy. Kerr, of Iowa; Ketcham, Kinsey, Knapp, Lacey, La Follette, Laidlaw, Lansing. Laws, Lehlbach, Lind, Lodge, Mason, McComas, McCord, McCormick, McKenna, McKinley, Miles, Milliken, Moffit, Moore, of New-Hampshire; Morey, Morrill, Morrow, E. A. Morse, Mudd, Neidringhaus, Nute. O'Donnell, O'Neill, of Pennsylvania; Osborne, Owen, of Indiana; Payne, Perkins, Pickler, Post, Pug ley, Quackenbush, Raines, Randall, of Massachusetts; Ray, Reyburn, Rife, Rockwell, Rowell, Russell, of Connecticut; Sanford. Sawyer, Scranton, Scull, Sherman, Simonds, Smith, of Illinois; Smith, of West Virginia; Smyser, Snider, of Minnesotn; Spooner, Stephenson, of Michigan: Stewart, of Vermont; Stivers, Stockbridge. Struble, Sweney, Taylor. of Illinois; Taylor, of Tennessee; E. B. Taylor, J. D. Taylor. Thomas of Wisconsin: Thompson, of Ohio; Townsend, of Colorado; Townsend. of Pennsylvania; Vandever, Van Schaick. Waddill, Wade, Walk r. of Massachusetts: Wallace, of Massachusetts: Wallace, of New-York; Watson, Wheeler, of Michigan; Wickham, Williams. of Ohio; Wilson, of Kentucky; Wilson, of Washington; Wright, Yardley-164. (All Republicans.)

Nays-Messrs. Abbott, Alderson. Allen. of Mississippi; Anderson, of Mississippi; Andrew, Barnes, Borwig, Biggs, Blanchard. Bland, Blount. Boatner, Breckinridge, of Arkansas; Breckinridge, of Kentucky: Brickner, Brookshire, J. B. Brown, Brunner, Buchanan. of Virginia: Buckalow, Bunn, Bynum, F. Campbell, Candler, of Georgia; Carlisle, Carlton. Caruth. Catchings. Chipman, Clancy. Clarke, of Alabama; Clements, Clunie, Cobb, Coleman, Cooper, of Indiana: Covert, Cowles, Crain, Crisp, Culberson, of Texas; Cummings, Dargan, Davidson, of Florida; Dibble, Dockery, Dunphy, Ed

mands, Elliott, Ellis, Enloe, Featherston, Fitch, Fithian, Flower, Forman, Forney, Fowler, Geissenhainer, Gibson, Goodnight, Grimes, Hare, Hatch, Hayes, Haynes, Heard, Hemphill, Henderson, of North Carolina; Herbert, Holman, Kerr, of Pennsylvania; Lanham, Lee, Lester, of Georgia; Lester, of Virginia; Lewis, Magner,

Maish, Mansur, Martin, of Indiana; Martin, of Texas; McAdoo, McCarthy, McClammy, McClellan, McCreary, McMillin, McRae, Mills, Montgomery, Moore, of Texas; Morgan, Mutchler, Oates, O'Ferrall, O'Neil, of Massachusetts; Outhwaite, Owens, of Ohio; Parrett, Paynter, Peel, Penington, Perry, Pierce, Price, Quinn, Reilly, Richaidson, Robertson, Rogers, Rowland, Rusk, Sayers, Seney, Shively, Skinner, Springer, Stahlnecker, Stewart. of Georgia; Stewart, of Texas; Stone, of Kentucky; Stump, Tarsney, of Missouri; Tillman, Tracey, Tucker, Turner, of Georgia; Turner, of New-York; Turpin, Venable, Washington, Wheeler, of Alabama; Whiting, of Michigan: Whitthorne, Wike, Wilkinson, Willcox, Williams, of Illinois; Wilson, of Missou. ri; Wilson, of West Virginia; Yoder-142. Republican, 1; "Wheeler," 1; Democrats, 140.

Not voting-Messrs. Bankhead, Bullock, Connell, Cothran, Grout, Hooker, Kilgore, Lane, Lawler, Norton, O'Neall, of Indiana; Payson, Peters, Phelan, Reed, of Iowa; Spinola, Stockdale, Stone, of Missouri; Turner, of Kansas; Walker, of Missouri; Wiley-21. Republicans, 6; Democrats, 15.

IN SENATE, SEPTEMBER 10.

Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair, Cameron, Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Davis, Dawes, Dixon, Evarts, Frye, Hawley, Higgins, Hiscock, Hoar, Ingalls. Jones of Nevada, McMillan, Manderson, Mitchell, Moody. Paddock, Pierce. Platt, Plumb, Power, Quay, Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner, Squire, Stewart, Stockbridge, Tellen Washburn, Wilson of Iowa, Wolcott-40. (All Republicans.)

Nays-Messrs. Barbour, Bate. Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Carlisle, Cockrell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel, Faulkner. Gorman, Gray, Harris, Hearst, Jones of Arkansas, Kenna, Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees, Walthall, Wilson of Maryland-29. (All Democrats.)

When the bill was reported back, late in September, from the Conference Committee (being the existing law), the attendance in each branch of Congress was smaller than on the original passage. In the Senate the vote was: Yeas 33, nays 27. In the House it was: Yeas 152, nays 81. In each case the vote was partisan, except that Senators Paddock of Nebraska, Pettigrew of South Dakota, and Plumb of Kansas, Reprbllcans; and Representatives Coleman of Louisiana, and Kelley of Kansas, Republicans, and Featherston of Arkansas. "Wheeler," voted with the Democrats against the bill. The negative vote in the House was comparatively small by reason of the unpaired absence of about forty Democrats. These had made their record on the original passage of the bill, and proved to be unwilling to remain in attendance till the adjourn. ment of Congress.

Be it enacted, etc., That there is hereby forfeited to the United States, and the United States hereby resumes the title thereto, all lands heretofore granted to any State or to any corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad opposite to and coterminous with the portion of any such railroad not now completed, and in operation, for the construction or benefit of which such lands were granted; and all such lands are declared to be a part of the public domain. Provided, That this act shall not be construed as forfeiting the right of way or station grounds of any railroad company heretofore granted.

Sec. 2. That all persons who, at the date of the passage of this act, are actual settlers in good faith on any of the lands hereby forfeited and are otherwise qualified, on making due claim on said lands under the homestead law within six months after the passage of this act, shall be entitled to a preference right to enter the same under the provisions of the homestead law and this act. and shall be regarded as such actual settlers from the date of actual settlement or occupation; and any person who has not heretofore had the benefit of the homestead or pre-emption law, or who has failed from any cause to perfect the title to a tract of land heretofore entered by him under either of said laws, may make a second homestead entry under the provisions of this act. The Secretary of the Interior shall make such rules as will secure to such actual settlers these rights.

Sec. 3. That in all cases where persons being citizens of the United States, or who have declared their intentions to become such, in accordance with the naturalization laws of the United States, are in possession of any of the lands affected by any such giant and hereby resumed by and restored to the United States, under deed, written contract with, or license from, the State or corporation to which such grant was made, or its assignees, executed prior to January 1, 1888, or where persons may have settled said lands with bona fide intent to secure title thereto by purchase from the State or corporation when earned by compliance with the conditions or requirements of the granting acts of Congress they shall be entitled to purchase the same from the United States in quantities not exceeding 320 acres to any one such person, at the rate of $1 25 per acre, at any time within two years from the passage of this act, and on making said payment to receive patents therefor, and where any such person in actual possession of any such lands and having improved the same prior to the first day of January, 1890,

under deed, written contract or license as aforesaid, or his assignor, has made partial or full payments to said railroad company prior to sald date, on account of the purchase price of said lands from it, on proof of the amount of such payments he shall be entitled to have the same, to the extent and amount of $1.25 per acre, if so much has been aid, and not more, credited to him on account of and as part of the purchase price herein provided to be paid the United States for said lanes, or such persons may elect to abandon their purchases and make claim on said lands under the homestead law and as provided in the preceding section of this act: Provided, That in all cases where parties, persons or corporations, with the permission of such State or corporation, or its assignées, are in the possession of and have made improvements upon any of the lands hereby resumed and restored, and are not entitled to enter the same under the provisions of this act, such parties, persons or corporations shall have six months in which to remove any growing crop, and within which time they shall also be entitled to remove all buildings and other movable improvements from said lands: Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to any lands situat in the State of Iowa on which any person in good faith has made or asscited the right to make a pre-emption or homestead settlement: And provided further, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed as limiting the rights granted to purchasers or settlers by "An act to provide for the adjustment of land grants made by Congress to aid in the construction of railroads, and for the forfeiture of unearned lands, and for other purposes." proved March 3, 1887, or as repealing, altering or amending said act, nor as in any manner affecting any cause of action existing in favor of any purchaser against his grantor for breach of any covenants of title.

Section 4 relates to lands granted in Iowa and Minnesota.

Section 5 protects settlers in Oregon north of the Harrison line."

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Section 7 gives the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad in Mississippi one year before a forfeiture shall affect the lands lying south of a line drawn east and west through the point where the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad may cross the New-Orleans and Northeastern Railroad.

Section 8 gives the Mobile and Girard Company of Alabama its lands earned by the construction of its road from Girard to Troy, 84 miles.

Section 6 is as follows:

"Sec. 6. That no lands declared forfeited to the United States by this act shall by reason of such forfeiture inure to the benefit of any State or corporation to which lands may have been granted by Congress, except as herein otherwise provided; nor shall this act be construed to enlarge the area of land originally covered by any such grant, or to confer any right upon any State, corporation or person to lands which were excepted from such grant. Nor shall the moiety of the lands granted to any railroad company on account of a main and a branch line appertaining to uncompleted road, and hereby forfeited, within the conflicting limits of the grants for such main and branch lines, when but one of such lines has been completed, inure by virtue of the forfeiture hereby declared, to the benefit of the completed line."

This act makes a forfeiture of lands lying opposite to, and coterminous with, the portion of any such railroad not now completed and in operation." It was the fruit of a committee of conference. As such, it passed the Senat-yeas 30 (all Republicans), nays 13 (all Democrats). In the House it passed on a division-107 to 21-the yeas and nays having been refused.

During the pendency of the bill in the House, a motion to make the forfeiture apply to all lands lying opposite to, and coterminous with, the portion of any such railroad not constructed and completed within the time prescribed by the Act of Congress making such grant for the construction and completion of the whole railroad as provided for by such act," was rejected. The yeas were 84 (Republicans 7, Democrats 77), nays 107 (Republicans 101, Democrats 6).

The bill as it pissed the House contained this section :

"Sec. 7. That nothing in this act shall be construed to waive or release in any way any right of the United States to have any other lands granted by them, as recited In the first section, forfeited for any failure, past or future, to comply with the conditions of the grant."

The Senate bill did not contain this feature, and the Committee of Conference omitted it from the bill as reported by them.

Likewise, the section in the Senate bill, that the provisions of this act should not apply to any railroad in Alabama which is completed through its entire length within one year after the approval of this act, was dropped out of the Conference Report. The act. it is estimated, will forfeit, and restore to the public domain, about 8,000,000 acres.

MEAT INSPECTION.

This act authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to make a careful inspection of salted pork or bacon intended for exportation, with a view of determining whether the same is wholesome, sound and fit for human food, whenever the laws, regulations, or orders of the Government of any foreign country to which such pork or bacon is to be exported shall require inspection thereof relating to the importation thereof into such country, and also whenever any buyer, seller, or exporter of such meats intended for exportation shall request the inspection thereof.

It shall be unlawful to import into the United States any ndulterated or unwholesome food or drug, or any vinous, spirituons, or malt liquors, adulterated or mixed with any poisonous or noxious chemical, drug, or other ingredient injurious to

health.

Whenever the President is satisfied that there is good reason to believe that any