CONGRESS, U. S. (BILLS PASSED.) 



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Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1885, and for other purposes. 



Making appropriation to supply deficiency in 

 amount required tor expenditure to June 30, 1884, for 

 examination and surveys required bv acts of March 

 3, 1875, and June 19, 1878 ; to ascertain depth of wa- 

 ter and width of channel at South Pass of Mississippi 

 river, also for gauging the waters of the Mississippi 

 river and its tributaries. 



To amend Article LXXII of the rules and articles 

 of war. 



To provide for certain of the most urgent deficien- 

 cies in the appropriations for the service of the Gov- 

 ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, and 

 for other purposes. 



Making appropriations for the current and contin- 

 gent expenses of the Indian Department, and for ful- 

 filling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, 

 for the year ending June 30, 1885, and for other pur- 



Making appropriations for the payment of invalid 

 and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal 

 year ending June 30, 1885, and for other purposes. 



To amend an act entitled " An act to amend the 

 statutes in relation to immediate transportation of du- 

 tiable goods, and for other purposes," approved June 

 10, 1880. 



To limit the time within which prosecutions may 

 be instituted against persons charged with violating 

 internal-revenue laws. 



To authorize the construction of a bridge across the 

 Missouri river at some accessible point within ten 

 miles north and ten miles south of the town of Rulo, 

 in the county of Richardson, in the State of Nebraska. 



To validate and cure defects in certain acts of the 

 Legislative Assembly of Washington Territory. 



To authorize the construction of a railroad bridge 

 across the Saint Croix river, in the States of Wis- 

 consin and Minnesota. 



To authorize the construction of bridges across the 

 Wisconsin, Chippewa, and Saint Croix rivers, in the 

 State of Wisconsin. 



Making appropriation to provide for the expenses 

 of the government of the District of Columbia for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1885, and for other pur- 



Granting the consent of Congress to the Saint 

 Cloud Water-Power and Mill Company to construct 

 a dam across the Mississippi river at Saint Cloud, 

 Minn. 



To amend paragraph 7 of section 2527 of the Revised 

 Statutes. 



Respecting a bridge at Tonawanda, in the State of 

 New York. 



To authorize the construction of a bridge across the 

 Missouri river at a point to be selected between the 

 north and south line of the county of Douglas, State 

 of Nebraska, and to make the same a post-route. 



Making appropriations for the consular and diplo- 

 matic service of the Government for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1885, and for other purposes. 



To provide for the celebration ot the World's In- 

 dustrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition. 



Making appropriations for the support of the Army 

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

 purposes. 



To amend sections 4381 and 4382 of the Revised 

 Statutes of the United States, relative to fees levied 

 and collected from the owners and masters of vessels 

 in domestic commerce. 



To authorize the National Academy of Sciences to 

 receive and hold trust funds for the promotion of sci- 

 ence, and for other purposes. 



Making appropriations for the construction, repair, 

 and preservation of certain public works on rivers and 

 harbors, and for other purposes. 



Making appropriations for the legislative, execu- 

 tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the 

 fisoal year ending June 30, 1885, and for other pur- 

 poses. 



To declare the cantalever bridge, constructed by the 

 Niagara River Bridge Company across the Niagara 

 river, a post-route. 



To amend chapter 20 of the Revised Statutes relat- 

 ing to the District of Columbia, concerning mechanics' 

 liens. 



Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the 

 appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1884, 

 and for prior years, and for those certified as due by 

 the accounting officers of the Treasury in accordance 

 with section 4 of the act of June 14, 1878, heretofore 

 paid from permanent appropriations, and for other 

 purposes. 



Making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of 

 the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 

 1885, and for other purposes. 



Making appropriations for fortifications and other 

 works of defense, and for the armament thereof, for 

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

 purposes. 



Making temporary provision for the naval service. 



Making an appropriation for the relief of Lieut. A. 

 W. Greely and his party, composing what is known 

 as the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Arctic re- 

 gions. 



Authorizing the Secretary of War to lease certain 

 lands to the Board of Fish Commissioners of the State 

 of Michigan. 



Making an appropriation to relieve the sufferers by 

 the overflow ot the Ohio river and its tributaries. 



Making further appropriations for the relief of des- 

 titute persons in the districts overflowed by the Ohio 

 river and its tributaries. 



Authorizing the President of the United States to 

 appoint from the sergeants of the Signal Corps two 

 second lieutenants. 



Reappropriatingthc sum of $125,000, not expended, 

 for the relief of sufferers by the floods of the Missis- 

 sippi river. 



To fill vacancies existing in the Board of Managers 

 of the National Home lor Disabled Volunteer Sol- 

 diers. 



Appropriating the further sum of $100,000 for the 

 sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi river and 

 tributaries. 



To provide temporarily for the expenses of the 

 Government. 



CONNECTICUT. State Government. The fol- 

 lowing were the State officers during the year : 

 Governor, Thomas M. Waller, Democrat ; Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor, George G. Simmer; Secre- 

 tary of State, D. Ward Northrup ; Treasurer, 

 Alfred R. Goodrich; Comptroller, Frank D. 

 Sloat. Judiciary: Supreme Court : Chief -Jus- 

 tice, John D. Park ; Associate Justices, Eli- 

 sha Carpenter, Dwight W. Pardee, Dwight 

 Loomis, and Miles T. Granger. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 Jan. 9, and adjourned on April 4. The fol- 

 lowing is a summary of the work of the ses- 

 sion: 



The bill for specific appropriations for State ex- 

 penditures, on the congressional plan, was passed, and 

 a new legislative committee created, to be known as 

 the " Committee on Appropriations." 



The State tax was fixed at H mill on the dollar, 

 the same as last year. A temporary deficiency in the 

 treasury being probable, the Treasurer is authorized 

 to borrow $200,000. 



A commission of nine persons, to be approved by 

 the Governor, and representing the various taxable in- 

 terests of the State, is created to make a revision of 

 the tax laws. 



The exemption of $1,000 of the estate of veterans is 

 limited to those who are pensioned. 



The proposed appropriation of $200,000 for a new 



