first, nineteen hundred and six; James W. Wadsworth to succeed General Martin T. McMahon, deceased, whose term of office expires April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and ten. Approved, May 7, 1906. [No. 22.] Joint Resolution Extending the thanks of Congress to General Horace Porter. May 9, 1906. [H. J. R. 149.] [Pub. Res., No. 22.] Horace Porter. Jones. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of the people Thanks of Congress of the United States are justly due and are hereby tendered to General to for recovery of Horace Porter, late ambassador to France, for his disinterested and body of John Paul patriotic services in conducting, upon his own initiative and at his own expense, a series of researches and excavations extending over a period of six years and resulting in the recovery of the body of Admiral John Paul Jones from a forgotten grave in a foreign land and its return to the country which he had loved so well and so heroically served: Resolved, That General Porter be requested to furnish Congress a copy of his remarks at the exercises at Annapolis, April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, and that, when received, said remarks be printed in the Record. Approved, May 9, 1906. Proviso. is to be printed in the Record. [No. 23.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the construction and maintenance of wharves, piers, and other structures in Lake Michigan, adjoining certain lands in Lake County, Indiana. May 16, 1906. [H. J. R. 134.] [Pub. Res., No. 23.] Lake Michigan, Ind. build wharves, etc., on, in Lake County. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the owners of the property known as sections numbered thirty-three and thirty-four, town- to ship thirty-seven, range eight west, Lake County, Indiana, be permitted to fill the whole or such portions, as they may elect, of the bed of Lake Michigan adjacent to such property, and within the boundary established by the extension of such section lines, out to a depth of water not exceeding twenty-five feet, and that such owners may be permitted to build wharves, piers, and such other structures as may be useful for occupancy or to promote navigation inside of and out to such twenty-five-foot line: Provided, That the owners thereof shall present a map, showing the line to which they intend filling, and com- approve plans, etc. plete plans to the Secretary of War and Chief of Engineers, and until they shall approve the same this permission shall not be effective: Provided further, That this permit shall not conflict with any law or statute of the State of Indiana, in which said property is located. Approved, May 16, 1906. Provisos. Restriction. [No. 24.] Joint Resolution Authorizing the Secretary of War to furnish brass cannon to the General Howell Post, Numbered Thirty-one, Grand Army of the Republic, of Woodbury, New Jersey. June 4, 1906. [H. J. R. 98.] [Pub. Res., No. 24.] Grand Army of the Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and is hereby, authorized to deliver to the General Howell Post, Republic. Numbered Thirty-one, Grand Army of the Republic, Woodbury, New nated to General HowJersey, if the same can be done without detriment to the public service, N. J. two brass cannon, now at the Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Penn ell Post, Woodbury, Proviso. No expense. sylvania, one marked "One hundred and seventy-nine, Revere Copper Company," twelve-pounder, weight one thousand two hundred and forty-six pounds, eighteen hundred and sixty-two model, T. J. R. brass gun, and the other marked "Two hundred and twenty-six, H. N. H. and Company," twelve-pounder, weight one thousand two hundred and thirty-five pounds, model eighteen hundred and sixty-three, T. J. R. brass gun, the same to be used in front of the monumert erected on the court-house grounds at Woodbury, New Jersey: Provided, That the donation shall be without expense to the United States. Approved, June 4, 1906. June 8, 1906. [S. J. R. 20.] [Pub. Res., No. 25.] Commission ap [No. 25.] Joint Resolution Directing the selection of a site for the erection of a bronze statue in Washington, District of Columbia, in honor of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United District of Columbia. States of America in Congress assembled, That the chairman of the pointed to select site Committee on the Library of the Senate, the Chairman of the Comfor statue to Henry mittee on the Library of the House of Representatives, the Secretary Wadsworth Longfellow. of War, and the President of the Longfellow National Memorial Association are hereby created a commission to select and prepare a site on property belonging to the United States in the city of Washington, other than the grounds of the Capitol or Library of Congress, and erect thereon a suitable pedestal for a statue in bronze of the late Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, to be provided by the Longfellow National Memorial Association. Appropriation. Proviso. SEC. 2. That for the preparation of the site so selected and the erection of the pedestal the sum of four thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That the design for said statue shall be approved by the commission herein created. Approved, June 8, 1906. June 9, 1906. [S. J. R. 54.] [Pub. Res., No. 26.] Time for ascertain [No. 26.] Joint Resolution Authorizing a change in the weighing of the mails in the fourth section. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Weighing the mails. States of America in Congress assembled, That on account of the earthing "average daily quake calamity in California on April eighteenth, nineteen hundred weight reduced in and six, the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized and directed to fourth section. Vol. 33, p. 1088. use the average daily weight of mails ascertained during the successive working days from February twentieth to April seventeenth, nineteen hundred and six, both inclusive, in adjusting the compensation, according to law, on all railroad routes in the fourth section for the transportation of mails during the quadrennial term beginning July first, nineteen hundred and six, notwithstanding the provision of the Act of Congress approved March third, nineteen hundred and five, requiring that the average daily weight shall be ascertained by the weighing of the mails for such a number of successive working days not less than ninety. Approved, June 9, 1906. [No. 27.] Joint Resolution Accepting the recession by the State of California of the Yosemite Valley grant and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, and including the same, together with fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, within the metes and bounds of the Yosemite National Park, and changing the boundaries thereof. June 11, 1906. [H. J. R. 118.] [Pub. Res., No. 27.] Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Recession of, by Cal Reserved as forest Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the recession and regranting unto the United States by the State of California of the cleft or Tree Grove. in the granite peak of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, situated ifornia to the United gorge in the county of Mariposa, State of California, and the headwaters States ratified. of the Merced River, and known as the Yosemite Valley, with its lands, etc. branches or spurs, granted unto the State of California in trust for public use, resort, and recreation by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act authorizing a grant to the State of California of the Yosemite Vol. 13, p. 825, Valley and of the land embracing the Mariposa Big Tree Grove," approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four (Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and twenty-five), as well as the tracts embracing what is known as the "Mariposa Big Tree Grove," likewise granted unto the State of California by the aforesaid Act of Congress, is hereby ratified and accepted, and the tracts of land embracing the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, as described in the Act of Congress approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, together with that part of fractional sections five and six, township five south, range twenty-two east, Mount Diablo meridian, California, lying south of the South Fork of Merced River and almost wholly between the Mariposa Big Tree Grove and the present south boundary of the Yosemite National Park, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States and set apart as reserved forest lands, subject to all the limitations, conditions, and provisions of the Act of Congress approved October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, entitled "An Act to set apart certain tracts of land in the State Vol. 26, p. 651. of California as forest reservations," as well as the limitations, conditions, and provisions of the Act of Congress approved February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, entitled "An Act to exclude from the Yosemite National Park, California, certain lands therein described, and to attach and include the said lands in the Sierra Forest Reserve," and shall hereafter form a part of the Yosemite National Park. The south and west boundary lines of the Yosemite National Park are hereby changed as follows: Beginning at the point on the line between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, township four south, range twenty-one east, where same intersects the middle of the channel of the South Fork of the Merced River; thence north on section line to the southwest corner of section twenty-five; thence west on section lines to the southwest corner of section twenty-eight; thence north on section line to the northwest corner of section twenty-eight; thence west on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty and twenty-nine; thence north through the middle of section twenty to the center thereof; thence east through the middle of section twenty to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty and twenty-one; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections sixteen and seventeen; thence west through middle of section seventeen to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections seventeen, eight, and five to the quarter-section corner of north boundary of section five on township boundary, all ́ in township four south, range twenty-one east; thence north through the raiddle of section thirty-two, township three south, range twentyone east, to the center thereof; thence west through the middle of section thirty-two, said township, and section thirty-six, township three south, range twenty east, to the quarter-section corner between sec Vol. 33, p. 702 Yosemite National Park. Boundaries changed. and made part of tions thirty-five and thirty-six; thence north on section line to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty-five and twenty-six; thence east through the middle of section twenty-five to the center thereof; thence north through the middle of sections twenty-five and twenty-four to the center of section twenty-four; thence west through the middle of sections twenty-four, twenty-three, and twentytwo to the quarter-section corner between sections twenty-one and twenty-two, township three south, range twenty east, on the presLands excluded ent western boundary of the Yosemite National Park. And all that Sierra Forest Reserve. portion of the Yosemite National Park lying between the boundary fine last above mentioned and the present boundary line of said national park is excluded from said park; and the said lands so excluded, and all thereof, are added to and made a part of the Sierra Forest Reserve, and shall hereafter form a part of said Sierra Forest Reserve, and shall be subject to all of the Acts of Congress with relation thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may require the payment of such price as he may deem proper for privileges on the land herein segregated from the Yosemite National Park and made a part of the Sierra Forest Reserve accorded under the Act approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one, relating to rights of way over certain parks, reservations, and other lands, and other Acts. Right of way to concerning rights of way over public lands: And provided further, That in the grant of any right of way for railway purposes across the lands placed under this measure within the Sierra Forest Reserve it shall be stipulated that no logs or timber shall be hauled over the same without the consent of the Secretary of the Interior, and under regulations to be promulgated by him. Provisos. Payment for privileges. Vol. 31. p. 790. railroads. Restriction. Patented lands, etc. Revenues expended SEC. 2. That none of the lands patented and in private ownership in the area hereby included in the Sierra Forest Reserve shall have the privileges of the lieu-land scrip provisions of the land laws, but otherwise to be in all respects under the laws and regulations affecting the forest reserves, and immediately upon the passage of this Act all laws, rules, and regulations affecting forest reservations, including the right to change the boundaries thereof by Executive proclamation, shall take effect and be in force within the limits of the territory excluded by this Act from the Yosemite National Park, except as herein otherwise provided. SEC. 3. That all revenues derived from privileges in the park authorized under the Act of October first, eighteen hundred and ninety, the Act of February seventh, nineteen hundred and five, as well as under this measure, or from privileges accorded on the lands herein. segregated from said park and included within the Sierra Forest Reserve, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the management, protection, and improvement of the Yosemite National Park. Approved, June 11, 1906. June 11, 1906. [H. J. R. 170.] [Pub. Res., No. 28.] Public buildings. [No. 28.] Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for assistant custodians and janitors of public buildings. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriation, assistant cus- priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, todians and janitors. the sum of forty-five thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of assistant custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with the care of public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, exclusive of marine hospitals, mints, branch mints, and assay offices, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six. Approved, June 11, 1906. [No. 29.] Joint Resolution To supply a deficiency in an appropriation for the postal service. June 13, 1906. [H. J. R. 172.] [Pub. Res., No. 29.] Deficiency appro Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appro- Postal service. priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, priation for stamped the sum of eighty thousand dollars, to supply a deficiency in the appro- envelopes and wrappriation for the manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six. Approved, June 13, 1906. pers. [No. 30.] Joint Resolution Providing for payment for dredging the channel and anchorage basin between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mississippi, and for other purposes. Whereas on the twentieth day of February, anno Domini nineteen hundred and one, a contract was entered into between Major W. T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, by and in behalf of the United States of America, and Spencer S. Bullis, for dredg ing a channel and anchorage basin in Mississippi Sound between Ship Island Harbor and Gulfport, Mississippi, which contract was made in accordance with a provision of the river and harbor act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, authorizing the payment of the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for securing a specified width and a depth of nineteen feet in such channel and anchorage basin; and Whereas under said contract, for several years past, the said channel and anchorage basin have been dredged to the approximate depth and width required in said contract, and the said channel is now and has been available for use by vessels drawing nineteen feet of water and more: Now, therefore, be it June 14, 1906 [H. J. R. 166.] [Pub. Res., No. 30.] Preamble. Payment to, for dredging channel, Island Harbor and Vol. 30. p. 1127. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Spencer S. Bullis. Treasury, or other proper officer of the United States, be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to Spencer S. Bullis, with whom said contract was made, or to his assigns or agents now authorized to receive payment as aforesaid, the contract price for dredging said channel and anchorage basin, to wit, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, being the amount heretofore appropriated by Congress and now in the Treasury for payment for the work included in said contract; and it is declared to be the intention of Congress that so much of said contract as relates to securing the depth and width of said channel and anchorage basin provided for therein shall be regarded as complied with at the date of the taking effect of this resolution: Provided, That the said amount shall not be paid over to the said Proviso. Spencer S. Bullis, or other person or persons as aforesaid, until the wharves, etc. person or persons, companies, or corporations owning or controlling docks, wharves, or terminals in, along, or upon said basin, or connected directly or indirectly therewith, shall execute an agreement that the charges for the use of said docks, wharves, and terminals shall be such, as the Secretary of War may from time to time approve. SEC. 2. That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, June 14, 1906. VOL XXXIV, PT 1- -53 Charges for use Effect. Οι |