SHIPS UNDER STEAM TO SLACKEN SPEED. speed. ARTICLE 16. Every steamship, when approaching another ship, so as to Ships under involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, or, if necessary, stop and steam to slacken. reverse; and every steamship shall, when in a fog, go at a moderate speed. VESSELS OVERTAKING OTHER VESSELS. ARTICLE 17. Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out of way of the said last-mentioned vessel. CONSTRUCTION OF ARTICLES 12, 14, 15, AND 17. ARTICLE 18. Where, by the above rules, one of two ships is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course subject to the qualifications contained in the following article: PROVISO TO SAVE SPECIAL CASES. Vessels overtaking other yessels. Construction of articles 12, 14 15, and 17. ARTICLE 19. In obeying and construing these rules due regard must Special cases. be had to all dangers of navigation, and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. NO SHIP UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO NEGLECT PROPER tions to be always observed. ARTICLE 20. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the Proper precauowner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXX. -An Act to provide for the Collection of Hospital Dues from Vessels of the April 29, 1864. United States sold or transferred in foreign Ports or Waters. Hospital dues to be collected from United States vessels sold in Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in case of the sale or transfer of any vessel of the United States in a foreign port or water, the consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent of the United States within whose consulate or district such sale or trans- foreign ports. fer shall have been made, or in whose hands the papers of such vessel shall be, be and he is hereby authorized and required to collect of the master or agent of such vessel, all moneys that shall have become due to the United States under and by virtue of the act entitled "An act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen," approved. July sixteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety-eight, and shall remain unpaid at the time of such sale or transfer; and that the said consul, vice-consul, commercial agent, or vice-commercial agent, (as the case may be,) be, and he is hereby, instructed and required to retain possession of the papers of such vessel until such money shall have been paid as herein provided; and in default of which, such sale or transfer shall be void, excepting as against the vendor: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the expiration of sixty days from and after its passage. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXXL An Act to increase the Compensation of Inspectors of Customs in cer- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 1798, ch. 77. Vol. i. p. 605. When act takes effect. April 29, 1864. tors of customs in certain ports may be increased Pay of inspec- Treasury be, and he hereby is, authorized to increase the compensation of inspectors of customs in such ports as he may think it advisable so to do, and may designate, by adding to the present compensation of said officers a sum not exceeding one dollar per day. But the increase hereby authorized shall not extend beyond July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-five. until July 1, 1865. [Extended to July 1, 1866. Post, p. 460.] April 29, 1864. Subdivision of donation claims in Oregon and Washington. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXXII. · An Act in Reference to Donation Claims in Oregon and Washington. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall appear that two donation settlers in the state of Oregon or Washington territory shall hold their conterminous improvements in such a manner as may require a half quarter section to be divided into two equal parts by a line .orth and south or east and west, it shall and may be lawful for the commissioner of the general land-office to issue patents recognizing for each claimant such subdivisions; this enactment to include cases existing at the date of this act, where the claim may be proved and established according to law. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXXIII. Postmasters without fault rillas, &c., of stamps, &c., to be credited with the amount. -An Act for the _Relief of Postmasters who have been robbed by confederate Forces or Rebel Guerrillas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in all cases where loyal robbed by guer- postmasters have been robbed by confederate forces or rebel guerrillas, of post-office stamps, stamped envelopes, or of money received and collected for, belonging to, and held for the government of the United States, and where such robbery has not been caused by the default or 1865, ch. 89, § negligence of the postmaster, the Postmaster-General shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to credit such postmaster, in the settlement of his accounts, with the amount of which he may have been so robbed. And in cases where no such credit has been allowed, and the postmaster has been required to and has accounted for and paid over to the Post-Office is to be refunded. Department the sum or sums of which he may have been so robbed, as aforesaid, the Postmaster-General is authorized to refund the same to such postmaster. 2. Post, p. 505. When money May 3, 1864. APPROVED, April 29, 1864. CHAP. LXXIV. - An Act to aid the Indian Refugees to return to their Homes in the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Appropriation States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby, for refugee and destitute Indians appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriin the southern ated, for the removal and temporary relief of the refugee and destitute superintendency. Indians in the southern superintendency, viz: for expenses of transpor tation and subsistence by the way to the Indian territory, fifty-two thousand dollars; for temporary subsistence in the Indian country of refugee and destitute Indians, to the close of the present fiscal year, one hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars; for seeds, ploughs, and necessary agricultural implements, to enable them to raise a crop the present season, eighteen thousand dollars. APPROVED, May 3, 1864. CHAP. LXXVII.- An Act to vacate and sell the present Indian Reservations in Utah May 5, 1864. Indian reserva. Territory to be Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to cause the several tions in Utah Indian reservations heretofore made, or occupied as such, in the territory surveyed and of Utah, excepting Uinta valley, to be surveyed into tracts or lots, not ex- sold. ceeding eighty acres each, under the direction of the commissioner of Uinta valley the general land-office, and upon the completion of such surveys shall excepted. cause said tracts or lots to be sold, upon sealed bids, to be duly invited by Mode of sale. public advertisement, for a period not less than three months, in a newspaper of general circulation published in the territory of Utah, and also a newspaper published in Washington, to the highest and best bidder; said bids may be filed with the governor of said territory at the seat of government thereof, and with the Secretary of the Interior in Washington; such bids as may be received by said governor shall, without opening the same, be forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior, when the same, with the bids filed with him, shall be opened in the presence of the Secretary of the Interior, the commissioner of public lands, and the commissioner of Indian affairs, and any bidders who may choose to be present at the opening thereof; and the Secretary of the Interior shall apply the proceeds of such sales to the construction of improvements upon the reservations which may be established under the provisions of this act, or sales, how to be. applied. by other lawful authority, or to the purchase of stock, agricultural implements, or such other useful articles as to him may seem best adapted to the wants and requirements of the Indians: Provided, That no tract of land shall be sold under the provisions of this section for less than its appraised value in cash, to be duly ascertained by commissioners appointed by the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose. Proceeds of Minimum price. The Indians in be settled in SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the superintendent of Indian affairs for the territory of Utah be, and he is hereby, authorized and re- the territory to quired to collect and settle all or so many of the Indians of said territory Uinta valley. as may be found practicable in the Uinta valley, in said territory, which is hereby set apart for the permanent settlement and exclusive occupation of such of the different tribes of Indians of said territory as may be induced to inhabit the same. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, for the purpose of making, Appropriation agricultural improvements in the Uinta valley for the comfort of the In- for agricultural improvements dians who may inhabit the same, and to enable them to become self-sus- therein. taining by means of agriculture, there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of thirty thousand dollars, which sum shall be expended by the superintendent of Indian affairs for said territory, under the instruction of the Secretary of the Interior. APPROVED, May 5, 1864. CHAP. LXXVIII. —An Act for the Prevention and Punishment of Frauds in Relation to the Names of Vessels. May 5, 1864. Names of placed on the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every steamboat of the United States shall, in addition to having her name painted on her stern, steamboats, as now required by law, also have the same conspicuously placed in dis- where to be tinct, plain letters, of not less than six inches in length, on each outer side vessel. of the pilot-house, if it has such, and (in case the said boat has side-wheels) also on the outer side of each wheel-house; and if any such steamboat shall be found without having her name placed as herein required, she shall be subject to the same penalty and forfeiture as is now provided by law in the case of a vessel of the United States found without having her Penalty. Name not to name and the name of the port to which she belongs painted on her stern, as required by law. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That no master, owner, or agent of be changed nor deception pracany vessel of the United States shall in any way change the name of such tised as to name. vessel, or by any device, advertisement, or contrivance, deceive, or attempt to deceive, the public, or any officer or agent of the United States government, or of any state, or any corporation or agent thereof, or any person or persons, as to the true name of such vessel, on pain of the forfeitWhen act takes ure of such vessel: Provided, That this act shall not take effect until the expiration of sixty days from and after its passage. APPROVED, May 5, 1864. effect. May 5, 1864. to Minnesota for a railroad from Saint Paul to' head of Lake Superior. Reserved or preëmpted lands. CHAP. LXXIX. - An Act making a Grant of Lands to the State of Minnesota, to aid in the Construction of the Railroad from Saint Paul to Lake Superior. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lands granted States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and there is hereby, granted to the state of Minnesota for the purpose of aiding in the construction of a railroad in said state from the city of Saint Paul to the head of Lake Superior, every alternate section of public land of the United States, not mineral, designated by odd numbers, to the amount of five alternate sections per mile on each side of the said railroad on the line thereof, within the state of Minnesota; but in case it shall appear that the United States have, when the line or route of said road is definitely fixed, sold, appropriated, reserved, or otherwise disposed of any sections, or any part thereof, granted as aforesaid, or that the right of preemption or homestead settlement has attached to the same, then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior to select from the lands of the United States nearest to the lines of sections above specified, in alternate sections or parts thereof, so much public land of the United States, not mineral, as shall be equal in amount to such lands as the United States have sold or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of preemption or homestead settlement may have attached, as aforesaid; which lands thus selected in lieu of those sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated or disposed of, or to which the rights of preemption or homestead settlement may have attached, as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated as aforesaid, and appropriated as aforesaid, shall be held and disposed of by Land not to be the said state for the use and purpose aforesaid: Provided, That the land located more than to be so selected shall in no case be located farther than twenty miles from twenty miles from the road. the lines of said road: And provided, further, That the lands hereby Lands granted, granted for and on account of said road shall be exclusively applied in the how to be applied. construction of the same, and for no other purpose whatever, and shall be disposed of only as the work progresses through the same, as in this act hereinafter provided: Provided, also, That no part of the land granted by this act shall be applied to aid in the construction of any railroad, or part thereof, for the construction of which any previous grant of land may have Former reser- been made by congress: And provided, further, That any and all lands vations not with- heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever, be, and the same are hereby, reserved to the United States, from the operations of this act, except so far as it may be found necessary to locate the route of the said road through such reserved lands; in which case the right of way only, shall be granted, subject to the approval of the PresiMinimum price dent of the United States: Provided, further, That the minimum price of of the lands not the even sections and parts of sections of the public lands of the United States, within the limits of ten miles on each side of the line of said road, shall be two dollars and fifty cents per acre. Not to be applied to certain roads. in this act. granted. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever said state shall when and how cause to be completed twenty consecutive miles of any portion of said Patents for the railroad, supplied with all necessary drains, culverts, viaducts, crossings, granted lands, sidings, bridges, turn-outs, watering-places, depots, equipments, furniture, to issue. and all other appurtenances of a first-class railroad, patents shall issue conveying the right and title to said lands to said state, on each side of the road, as far as the same is completed, and coterminous with said completed section, not exceeding the amount aforesaid, and patents shall in like manner issue as each twenty miles of said road is completed: Provided, however, That no patents shall issue for any of said lands unless there shall be presented to the Secretary of the Interior a statement, cer- Certificate of tified by the governor of the state of Minnesota, that such twenty miles governor of Minhave been completed in the manner required by this act, and setting forth with certainty the points where such twenty miles begin and where the same end. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the said road shall be definitely located, and a plat thereof filed with the Secretary of the Interior, the lands hereby granted shall not thereafter be subject to settlement, preemption, or private entry adverse to this grant. nesota. Lands granted, when not to be subject to preemption, &c. Right of way Width. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said state, in addition to the grant heretofore mentioned, is hereby authorized to locate the said road over public lands. over any public lands of the United States, not otherwise appropriated, reserved, or disposed of, and that the right of way over said lands of the United States for the purpose aforesaid is hereby granted to said state to the width of one hundred feet on each side of said road as located. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said lands hereby granted when patented to said state, shall be subject to the disposal of said state for the purposes aforesaid, and for no other; and the said railroad shall be and remain a public highway for the use of the government of the Road to be United States, free from all toll or other charge, for the transportation of public highway: any property or troops of the United States. Lands to be used only for pur poses of roads. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That if said road is not completed Road to be completed within within eight years from the time of the passage of this act, as provided eight years, if herein, no further patents shall be issued for said lands, and no further not, lands to resale shall be made, and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States. vert. SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the United States mail shall Mails to be carbe transported over said road, under the direction of the Post-Office De- ried at such price as congress dipartment, at such price as congress may by law direct: Provided, That rects, &c. until such price is fixed by law the. Postmaster-General shall have the power to determine the same. Certain rail roads hereafter constructed may connect with this. SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That any railroad which may hereafter be constructed from any point on the Bay of Superior, in the state of Wisconsin, shall be permitted to connect with the said railroad, for the construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, at any point which may be selected by the president and directors of said railroad company so permitted to connect their said road, and the said railroad company so permitted to connect shall have the right and privilege to transport, or have transported, over the track of said railroad, for the construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, all or any of its cars, passengers, or freights, and the said railroad company controlling the said road, for the construction of which the said lands are hereby granted, may connect shall have the same right and privilege to transport or have transported all or any of its cars, freights, or passengers over the track of the said railroad of the company so permitted to connect, and said transportation shall be paid by the railroad company using, to the railroad company according the same, at the usual rates or charges which may be imposed by the said company upon all other cars, freiglits, or passengers. APPROVED, May 5, 1864. 6* This railroad with those. |