CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. (BILLS PASSED.) 



to construct one or more bridges across the Willamette 

 river, in the State of Oregon, and to establish them as 



To further suspend the operation of section 5574 of 

 the Eevised Statutes of the United States, title 72, in 

 relation to guano-islands. 



For the immediate appropriation of $1 ,000,000, in 

 accordance with the urgent request of the Mississippi 

 River Commission, for the preservation, repair, aud 

 construction of certain works for the improvement of 

 said river. 



To amend the Eevised Statutes of the United States 

 relating to the District of Columbia. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to amend the 

 statutes in relation to immediate transportation of 

 dutiable goods, and ibr other purposes," approved 

 June 10, 1880. 



To prevent and punish the counterfeiting within 

 the United States of notes, bonds, or other securities 

 of foreign governments. 



To complete a statue of the late Eear- Admiral 

 Samuel Francis Du Pont, United States Navy. 



To provide for the disposal of abandoned and use- 

 less military reservations. 



For a bridge across the Missouri river at White 

 Cloud, in Doniphan County. Kansas. 



To grant letter-carriers at free-delivery offices thirty 

 days' leave of absence in each year. 



Authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to offer a 

 reward of $25.000 for rescuing or ascertaining the fate 



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of the Greely Expedition. 

 To authorize the a 



he construction of a highway-bridge 

 across that part of the waters of Lake Champlain ly- 

 ing between the towns of North Hero and Alburg, in 

 the State of Vermont. 



To provide for the appointment of an Acting Secre- 

 tary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



To extend an act approved August 8, 1882, to en- 

 courage and promote telegraphic communication be- 

 tween America and Europe. 



To authorize foot and carriage or railroad bridges 

 across the Mississippi river at Saint Paul, in the State 

 of Minnesota. 



Granting permission to Ensign L. K. Beynolds, 

 United States Navy, to accept the decoration of the 

 Eoyal and Imperial Order of Francis Joseph from the 

 Government of Austria. 



Authorizing the expenditure of money for Indian 

 educational purposes. 



Providing for the addition of $10,000 to the con- 

 tingent fund of the Senate. 



Eelative to the ceremonies of the unveiling of the 

 statue of Chief-Justice Marshall. 



Filling an existing vacancy in the Board of Eegents 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 



In relation to ceremonies to be authorized upon the 

 completion of the Washington Monument. 



To provide ibr the muster and pay of certain officers 

 and enlisted men of the volunteer forces. 



To fix the times for holding the terms of the Circuit 

 and District Courts of the United States in the North- 

 ern District of Iowa. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to authorize the 

 construction of a ponton wagon-bridge across the Mis- 

 sissippi river at or near the city of Dubuque, in the 

 State of Iowa." 



To fix the time for holding the District Court in the 

 District of Maine. 



Fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail mat- 

 ter of the second class when sent by persons other 

 than the publisher or news agent. 



To establish and maintain a department of labor 

 statistics. 



Making all public roads and highways post-routes. 



To amend an act passed February 15, 1843. chapter 

 33, to authorize the Legislatures of certain States to 

 sell certain lands appropriated for school purposes. 



Authorizing and directing the sale of the real-estate 

 and riparian rights now owned by the United States 

 at Harper's Ferry, in the State of West Virginia. 



Providing for two additional Associate Justices of 

 the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakota. 



To amend section 2743 of the Eevised Statutes. 



To amend an act entitled "An act to execute cer- 

 tain treaty stipulations relating to Chinese," approved 

 May 6,. 1882. 



To authorize the construction of a bridge over the 

 Missouri river at or near Sibley, in the State of Mis- 

 souri. 



To remove certain burdens on the American mer- 

 chant marine and encourage the American foreign 

 carry ing-trade. 



To equalize the rank of graduates of the Naval 

 Academy upon their assignment to the various corps. 



To amend sections 4, 5, and 9 of an act approved 

 February 24, 1879, entitled " An act to create the 

 Northern Judicial District of the State of Texas, and 

 to change the Eastern and Western Judicial Districts 

 of said StatCj and to fix the time and place for holding 

 courts in said districts," and to provide for holding 

 terms of the court of the Western Judicial District of 

 Texas at the city of El Paso, and for other purposes. 



To constitute a bureau of navigation in the Treasury 

 Department. 



To repeal the act of July 2, 1862, and such sections 

 of the Eevised Statutes of the United States as per- 

 petuate the oath prescribed in said act. 



To create an additional United States judicial dis- 

 trict, and to establish circuit and district courts there- 

 in, in the State of Alabama. 



Making appropriations to supply deficiencies on ac- 

 count of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1884, in regard to rebate of tax on tobacco, 

 and to provide for the expenses of the meeting of the 

 Legislature of the Territory of New Mexico, and for 

 other purposes. 



To grant to the Gulf, Colorado, and Santa F6 Eail- 

 way Company a right of way through the Indian Ter- 

 ritory, and for other purposes. 



For the establishment of a bureau of animal indus- 

 try, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and 

 to provide means for the suppression and extirpation 

 of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases 

 among domestic animals. 



In relation to the Legislature of Dakota Terri- 

 tory. 



To relieve certain soldiers from the charge of de- 

 sertion. 



To amend section 101 of the Eevised Statutes of 

 the United States so as to allow the chairman of a 

 sub-committee of a committee of either house of Con- 

 gress to administer oaths. 



To grant a right of way through the Indian Terri- 

 tory to the Southern Kansas Eailway Company, and 

 for other purposes. 



To authorize the location of a branch home for dis- 

 abled volunteer soldiers in either the State of Arkan- 

 sas, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, or 

 Nebraska. 



To change the time of holding the District and Cir- 

 cuit Courts of the United States in the Northern Di 

 trict of Georgia. 



Making appropriations for the support of the Mili- 

 tary Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, 

 and for other purposes. 



To authorize the extension of the Chesapeake and 

 Ohio Eailway Company to a point on the military 

 lands at Fortress Monroe, Va. 



Making it a felony for a person to falsely and fraud- 

 ulently assume or pretend to be an officer or employe 

 acting under authority of the United States or any 

 department thereof, and prescribing a penalty there- 

 for. 



Making an appropriation for the Agricultural De- 

 partment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, and 

 for other purposes. 



For the allowance of certain claims reported by the 

 accounting officers of the United States Treasury De- 

 partment. 



Making appropriations for the service of the Post- 



