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or children of such officer or enlisted man under the 

 age of sixteen years, such pension shall be paid such 

 cfuld or children until the age of sixteen : Provided, 

 That in case a minor child is insane, idiotic, or other- 

 wise permanently helpless, the pension shall con- 

 tinue during the life of said child or during the period 

 of such disability, and this proviso shall apply to all 

 pensions heretofore granted, or hereafter to be granted 

 under this or any former statute, and such pension 

 shall commence from the date of application therefor 

 after the passage of this act : And provided further, 

 That said widow shall have married said soldier prior 

 to the passage of this act." 



SEO. 4. That no agent, attorney, or other person 

 engaged in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting any 

 claim under the provisions ot this act, shall, directly or 

 indirectly, contract for, demand, receive, or retain for 

 such services in preparing, presenting, or prosecuting 

 such claim a sum greater than $10, which sum shall 

 be payable only upon the order of the Commissioner 

 of Pensions, by the pension agent making payment 

 of the pension allowed, and any person who shall vio- 

 late any of the provisions of this section, or who shall 

 wrongfully withhold from a pensioner or claimant the 

 whole or any part of a pension or claim allowed or 

 due such pensioner or claimant under this act, shall 

 be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convic- 

 tion thereof shall, for each and 'every such offense, 

 be fined not exceeding $500, or be imprisoned at hara 

 labor not exceeding two years, or both, in the discre- 

 tion of the court. 



The conference report was agreed to in the 

 House of Representatives June 11, and in the 

 Senate June 23. The measure was approved by 

 the President June 27. 



New States. A bill to provide for the ad- 

 mission of Idaho into the Union was passed by 

 the House of Representatives April 3, 1890, by 

 1 a vote of 129 to 1, the Speaker counting a quo- 

 j rum. The measure was passed by the Senate 

 I July 1. The President approved of it July 2. 



A bill to provide for the admission of Wyo- 

 ming was passed by the House of Representa- 

 tives March 26, 1890, by a vote of 139 to 127. 

 I The Senate amended the measure slightly and 

 passed it June 27. The House of Representa- 

 tives concurred in the Senate amendment, and 

 : the President approved of the measure July 11. 

 1 The main point of discussion in regard to the 

 bill was the provision in the new Constitution 

 in regard to female suffrage, which was retained 

 in spite of some earnest opposition. 



Trusts and Combinations. April 8, 1890, 

 the Senate passed the following measure entitled 

 " A bill to protect trade and commerce against 

 unlawful restraints and monopolies": 



SEC. 1. Every contract, combination in form of 

 trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade 

 or commerce among the several States, or with for- 

 eign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal. Every 

 person who shall make any such contract or engage 

 m any such combination or conspiracy shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, 

 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or 

 by imprisonment not exceeding one vear," or by both 

 said punishments, in the discretion of the court. 



SEC. 2. Every person who shall monopolize^ or at- 

 tempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any 

 other person or persons to monopolize any part of the 

 trade or commerce among the several States, or with 

 foreign nations, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and, on conviction thereof^ shall be punished 

 by fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not 

 exceeding one year, or by both said punishments, in 

 3 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 District 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 $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceed- 

 ing one year, or by both said punishments, in the dis- 

 cretion 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 direc- 

 tion 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 par- 

 ties 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 restrain- 

 ing order or prohibition as shall be deemed just in 

 the premises. 



SEC. 5. Whenever it shall appear to the court be- 

 fore 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 con- 

 demnation 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 corpora- 

 tion by reason of anything forbidden or declared to 

 be unlawful by this act, may sue therefor in any cir- 

 cuit 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 au- 

 thorized 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 House passed the measure May 1, amend- 

 ing it so as to make unlawful every contract or 

 agreement entered into for the purpose of pre- 

 venting competition in the sale or purchase of a 

 commodity transported from one State to be sold 

 in another. The Senate amended the House 

 amendment, and the House of Representatives 

 non-concurred. A conference committee was 

 appointed and failed to agree ; but a second 

 conference committee reported, June 18, to the 

 effect that both Houses recede from their respect- 

 ive amendments, leaving the bill as originally 

 passed. The President approved the measure 

 July 2. 



