From Norfolk, in Madison County, to Fort Laramie, in Wyoming. From Niobrara to Fort Laramie, in Wyoming. From Dover to Erin. TENNESSEE. Post-roads established in Tennessee; From Dover to Murray, in Kentucky. From Johnson City to Marion, in North Carolina. From Dyersburg, via Roaller's, Pearces, and Fishers, to Trenton. From Trenton, via Eaton and Friendship, to Dyersburg. From Kenton, via Masons Hall, to Deavenport. From Elk Creek to Carsonville. From Pattonsville, via Cedar Point, to Sneydsville. From King George, via Shiloh, Payne's Store, and Leedstown, to Foneswood. From Heathsville to Burgess' Store. WISCONSIN. From New London to Weyauwega. From Pensaukee, via Brookside, to West Pensaukee. APPROVED, January 16, 1872. CHAP. VII. An Act to establish Post-roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be established as post-roads: PENNSYLVANIA. From Lebanon, via Fontana, Colebrook, Mastersonville, Old Line, and From Annville, via Bellview and Water Works, to Jonestown. West Virginia; Virginia; Wisconsin. Jan. 16, 1872. Post-roads established in Pennsylvania. CHAP. VIII. An Act making an Appropriation to supply a Deficiency in the Appropri- Jan. 16, 1872. ation for Expenses of the joint select Committee on alleged Outrages in the southern States. Appropriation Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for for expenses of joint select comthe expenses of the joint select committee on alleged outrages in the mittee on alleged southern States, the sum of twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and outrages in the fifty-five dollars, said sum to be carried for this purpose to the contingent fund of the Senate. APPROVED, January 16, 1872. An Act to change the Times for holding Circuit and District Courts of the southern States. Feb. 1, 1872. courts in western Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That instead of the times now Times for holdfixed by law, the circuit and district courts of the United States for the ing United States western district of Virginia shall hereafter be held as follows: At Dan- district of Virville, on the Tuesday after the fourth Monday of February and August; ginia. at Lynchburg, on the Tuesday after the third Monday of March and September; at Harrisonburg, on the Tuesday after the second Monday of See Post, p. 53. April and October; and at Abingdon, on the Tuesday after the fourth Monday of May and October. And all recognizances, indictments, or other proceedings, civil or criminal, now pending in either of said courts, shall be entered and have day in court, and be heard and tried according to the times of holding said court, as herein provided. Pending pro cess. APPROVED, February 1, 1872. February 2, 1872. CHAP. XI.—An Act for the Apportionment of Representatives to Congress among the several States according to the ninth Census. Number of members of the sentatives after March 3, 1873, tioned; and how apporSee 1872, ch. 239. Post, p. 192. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the third House of Repre- day of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the House of Representatives shall be composed of two hundred and eighty-three members, to be apportioned among the several States in accordance with the provisions of this act, that is to say: to the State of Maine, five; to the State of New Hampshire, two; to the State of Vermont, two; to the State of Massachusetts, eleven; to the State of Rhode Island, two; to the State of Connecticut, four; to the State of New York, thirty-two; to the State of New Jersey, seven; to the State of Pennsylvania, twenty-six; to the State of Delaware, one; to the State of Maryland, six; to the State of Virginia, nine; to the State of North Carolina, eight; to the State of South Carolina, five; to the State of Georgia, nine; to the State of Alabama, seven; to the State of Mississippi, six ; to the State of Louisiana, five; to the State of Ohio, twenty; to the State of Kentucky, ten; to the State of Tennessee, nine; to the State of Indiana, twelve; to the State of Illinois, nineteen; to the State of Missouri, thirteen; to the State of Arkansas, four; to the State of Michigan, nine; to the State of Florida, one; to the State of Texas, six; to the State of Iowa, nine; to the State of Wisconsin, eight; to the State of California, four; to the State of Minnesota, three; to the State of Oregon, one; to the State of Kansas, three; to the State of West Virginia, three; to the State of Nevada, one; to the State of Nebraska, one: Provided, That if, after such apportionment shall have been made, any new State shall be admitted into the Union, the Representative or Representatives of such new State shall be additional to the number of two hundred and eighty-three herein limited. in new States afterwards admitted. See 1872, ch. 139. members of the SEC. 2. That in each State entitled under this law to more than one Representative, the number to which said States may be entitled in the forty-third, and each subsequent Congress, shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants, and equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said States may be entitled in Congress, no one of the addition- district electing more than one Representative: Provided, That in the al representatives election of Representatives to the forty-third Congress in any State which by this law is given an increased number of Representatives, the additional Representative or Representatives allowed to such State may be elected by the State at large, and the other Representatives to which the State is entitled by the districts as now prescribed by law in said State, unless the legislature of said State shall otherwise provide before the time fixed by law for the election of Representatives therein. in States entitled thereto. 1872, ch. 253. Post, p. 195. Day established &c., to the fortyfifth Congress; SEC. 3. That the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in for the election of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, is hereby fixed and established representatives, as the day, in each of the States and Territories of the United States, for the election of Representatives and Delegates to the forty-fifth Congress; and the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every second year thereafter, is hereby fixed and established as the day for the election, in each of said States and Territories, of Representatives and Delegates to the Congress commencing on the fourth day of March next thereafter. to subsequent Congresses. SEC. 4. That if, upon trial, there shall be a failure to elect a Representative or Delegate in Congress in any State, District, or Territory, upon the day hereby fixed and established for such election, or if, after any such election, a vacancy shall occur in any such State, District, or Territory, from death, resignation, or otherwise, an election shall be held to fill any vacancy caused by such failure, resignation, death, or otherwise, at such time as is or may be provided by law for filling vacancies in the State or Territory in which the same may occur. SEC. 5. That no State shall be hereafter admitted to the Union without having the necessary population to entitle it to at least one Representative according to the ratio of representation fixed by this bill. Elections to fill vacancies. Post, p. 61. No State to be admitted to the Union without what population. Number of rep SEC. 6. That should any State, after the passage of this act, deny or abridge the right of any of the male inhabitants of such State, being resentatives apportioned to any twenty-one years of age, and citizens of the United States, to vote at any State to be proelection named in the amendments to the Constitution, article fourteen, portionally resection two, except for participation in the rebellion or other crime, the duced, if the right to vote is denumber of Representatives apportioned in this act to such State shall be nied or abridged, reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall except, &c. have to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such State. APPROVED, February 2, 1872. CHAP. XII.- An Act to authorize the Payment of duplicate Checks of disbursing Feb. 2, 1872. Officers. after, &c.: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in place of original checks, Duplicate when lost, stolen, or destroyed, disbursing officers and agents of the United checks may be issued by disStates are hereby authorized, after the expiration of six months from bursing officers in the date of such checks, and within three years from such date, to issue place of original checks lost, &c., duplicate checks, and the treasurer, assistant treasurers, and designated depositaries of the United States are directed to pay such checks, drawn in pursuance of law by such officers or agents, upon notice and proof of the loss of the original check or checks, under such regulations in regard to their issue and payment, and upon the execution of such bonds, with sureties, to indemnify the United States, as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided, That this act shall not apply to any check exceeding in amount the sum of one thousand dollars. Limit to amount. issuing the check SEC. 2. That in case the disbursing officer or agent by whom such lost, Provision in destroyed, or stolen original check was issued, be dead, or no longer in the case the officer service of the United States, it shall be the duty of the proper accounting be dead or not in officer, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- office. scribe, to state an account in favor of the owner of such original check for the amount thereof, and to charge such amount to the account of such officer or agent. APPROVED, February 2, 1872. CHAP. XIII- An Act to admit certain Machinery imported from foreign Countries free Feb. 2, 1872. of Duty. company, may Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Calcasieu sulphur and The Calcasieu mining company of New Orleans be, and is hereby, permitted to import, sulphur, &c., free of duty, under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the import free of Treasury shall prescribe, certain machinery and accompanying implements duty certain mafor the purpose of, and to be used only in, making a series of experiments within one year. in mining for sulphur in the parish of Calcasieu, in the State of Louisiana : Provided, That the value of such importation shall not exceed the sum of Limit to value. seventy-five thousand dollars, and that said machinery and implements be imported within one year from and after the passage of this act. APPROVED, February 2, 1872. chinery, &c., Feb. 2, 1872. CHAP. XIV. ·An Act to establish certain Post-routes in the State of Iowa. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post-routes es- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following be, and the same are hereby, established as post-routes in the State of Iowa: tablished in Iowa. Feb. 2, 1872. Appropriation for expenses of embassy from Japan. Feb. 6, 1872. 1871, ch. 100. Vol. xvi. p. 440. Certain iron steam ice-boats exempted from inspection under act 1871, ch. 100. From Franklin, in Winnesheik County, State of Iowa, to Washington Prairie, in the same county; also, From Waukon, in Allamakee County, State of Iowa, via Rud's, Dorchester, Wilmington, to Caledonia, in the State of Minnesota. APPROVED, February 2, 1872. CHAP. XV. — An Act in Relation to the Embassy from Japan. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray such expenses of the embassy and its suite from Japan, which has arrived in the United States, as the Secretary of State may deem proper, but not to exceed the amount herein appropriated; this sum or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, and on vouchers to be filed in the Treasury Department, and a statement thereof to be reported to Congress by the Secretary of State. APPROVED, February 2, 1872. CHAP. XVI.- An Act to exempt the Iron Steam Ice-boats constructed by the City of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the iron steam ice-boats, constructed by the city of Philadelphia for the purpose of keeping open the navigation of the rivers Delaware and Schuylkill during the winter months, be, and they are hereby, exempt from the inspection required by the act approved twenty-eighth of February, eighteen hundred and seventyone, entitled "An act to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes: When this act Provided, That this act shall expire at the end of six months from and expires. after its passage. Feb. 12, 1872. APPROVED, February 6, 1872. CHAP. XVIII. An Act establishing certain Post-roads in Vermont. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Post-roads es- States of America in Congress assembled, That the following post-roads be tablished in Ver- established in the State of Vermont, viz. : mont. Feb. 20, 1872. From the station on the Portland and Ogdensburgh railroad, in Greensboro', via Greensboro,' East Craftsbury, and Craftsbury, to North Craftsbury. Also, from the station on the same railroad at South Hardwick, to North Craftsbury. APPROVED, February 12, 1872. CHAP. XIX. - An Act for the Relief of Alexander Smith and Halcyon Skinner. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Application of States of America in Congress assembled, That the commissioner of Alexander Smith patents be, and he is hereby, directed to grant a rehearing of the appliSkinner, for ex- cation of Alexander Smith and Halcyon Skinner, for the extension of tension of patent letters-patent granted to them on the fourth day of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, for improvement in power-looms; and he is hereby authorized to revive and extend the said letters-patent for the further term and Halcyon to be reheard. Patent to be revived. of seven years from and after the fourth day of November, eighteen hun- Proviso. CHAP. XX. An Act making Appropriations to supply a Deficiency in the Appropri- Feb. 20, 1872. ations for Salaries and contingent Expenses of the Post-office Department for the current fiscal Year. post-office de Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are Deficiency aphereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap- propriation for propriated, to supply the deficiency in the appropriations for the service partment. of the Post-office Department for the present fiscal year, viz. :For salaries, eleven thousand four hundred and eighty-three dollars and twenty-five cents. : For contingent expenses, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and twenty-six cents. APPROVED, February 20, 1872. Salaries. Contingent ex penses. CHAP. XXI.-An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of invalid and other Feb. 20, 1872. Pensions of the United States for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Pensions ap propriation. 1816, ch. 68. 1836, ch. 362. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 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, for the payment of pensions for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, viz.: For army pensions to invalids, widows, and dependent relatives, revolu- Army pensions, tionary pensions, and pensions to soldiers of the war of eighteen hundred artificial limbs, pension agents, and twelve, and for furnishing artificial limbs or apparatus for resection, &c. with transportation, or commutation therefor; also, for compensation to pension agents, and the expenses of the several agencies, and for fees for preparing vouchers and administering oaths, as provided for by the acts of April twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixteen; July fourth, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and forty-six; February twentieth, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; February second, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; July twenty-first, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; July twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight; Febru- 108, 120. ary third, eighteen hundred and fifty-three; June third, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight; July fourteenth and seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two; June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; June sixth and July twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; July twenty-seventh, 1866, ch. 106, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; June seventeenth and July eighth and eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy; and February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and all other pensions provided by law, thirty 225. 238. million dollars. 1846, ch. 16. 1847, ch. 13. 1848, ch. 8, 1853, ch. 41. 1858, ch. 85. 1562, ch. 166, 201. 1864, ch. 1 3. 235. 1868, ch. 264. 1870. ch. 132, 1871, ch. 50. |