sioner, officers. Tenth. For pay of the member of the commission in Sanitation de charge, of officers and employees other than skilled and Pay of commis unskilled labor, including hospital dispensers, internes, eta nurses, attendants, messengers, office boys, foremen and subforemen, watchmen, and stewards, of the department of sanitation on the Isthmus, including those temporarily detailed for duty away from the Isthmus, six hundred thousand dollars; Eleventh. For skilled and unskilled labor of every grade Labor. and kind, for the department of sanitation on the Isthmus, two hundred thousand dollars; Twelfth. For material, supplies, equipment, construc- Materials, etc. tion and repairs of buildings, medical aid and support of the insane, and of indigent persons permanently disabled, while in the line of duty and in the employ of the Isthmian Canal Commission, from earning a livelihood, and contingent expenses of the department of sanitation on the Isthmus, eight hundred thousand dollars. Thirteenth. For the payment of the cost of relocating Relocating the Panama Railroad, including salaries, wages, mate- road. rial, and supplies, and all other expenses incident thereto, two million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Proviso. bonds. In all, forty-five million five hundred and sixty thou- Amount sand dollars, the same to be immediately available and to continue available until expended: Provided, That all expenditures from the appropriations heretofore, herein, from sale of and hereafter made for the Isthmian Canal, exclusive of fortifications, shall be paid from, or reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of bonds authorized in section eight of the said Act approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two, and section thirty-nine of the tariff Act approved August fifth, nineteen hundred and ten. Number em Except in cases of emergency, or conditions arising ployees limited to subsequent to and unforeseen at the time of the passage estimates. of this Act, there shall not be employed at any time during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, under any of the foregoing appropriations for the Isthmian Canal, any greater number of persons than are specified in the notes submitted respectively in connection with the estimates for each of said appropriations in the annual book of estimates for said year, nor shall there be paid to any of such persons during that fiscal year any greater rate of compensation than was authorized to be paid to persons occupying the same or like positions on the first day of July, nineteen hundred and ten, and all employments made or compensation increased because of emergencies or conditions so arising shall be specifically set forth, with the reasons therefor, by the chairman of the commission in his report for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve. able appropria Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be avail- Interchange able interchangeably for expenditure on objects named; tions. Longevity allowances restrict ed. Fortifications. but not more than ten per centum shall be added to any one item of the appropriation. No part of the foregoing appropriations for the Isthmian Canal shall be applied to the payment of allowances for longevity service, or lay-over days other than such as may have accumulated under existing orders of the commission, prior to July first, nineteen hundred and nine. FORTIFICATIONS, ISTHMIAN CANAL. Seacoast bat- For construction of seacoast batteries on the Canal Zone, two million dollars. teries, Canal Zone. Seacoast non, etc. Panama can Rail road not to carry For the purchase, manufacture and test of seacoast cannon for coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for the manufacture at the arsenals, to cost ultimately not to exceed one million nine hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars, one million dollars, the same to be immediately available and to continue available until expended. SEC. 2. Hereafter the Panama Railroad Company insurance nor shall carry no insurance to cover marine or fire losses, nor pay for notes, etc. make any further payment on the principal or interest on notes heretofore given by it to the United States for moneys appropriated for its use. Distribution of revenues. Statement Congress. SEC. 3. All funds collected by the government of the Canal Zone from rentals of public lands and buildings in the Canal Zone and the cities of Panama and Colon, and from the zone postal service, and from court fees and fines, and collected or raised by taxation in whatever form under the laws of the government of the Canal Zone, are hereby appropriated until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, as follows: The revenues derived from the postal service to the maintenance of that service; the remaining revenues, including any balances unexpended in prior years, after setting aside a miscellaneous and contingent fund of not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to the maintenance of the public-school system in the zone; to the construction and maintenance of public improvements within the zone; to the maintenance of the administrative districts; to the maintenance of Canal Zone charity patients in the hospitals of the Isthmian Canal Commission, and to the maintenance of to administrative district prisoners. A detailed and classified statement of all receipts and expenditures without the duplication of items under this paragraph shall be submitted to Congress after the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve. Funds from services, sales, etc. SEC. 4. All funds realized during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve by the Isthmian Canal Commission Reappropriated for construction. from the performance of services by the commission, or from rentals, or from the sale of materials and supplies under the custody or control of the commission, are appropriated for expenditure under any of the foregoing classified appropriations for the department of construction and engineering; and a full and separate report in detail of all transactions under this section shall be made to Congress. able equipment, without advertis That until the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred Unservice. and twelve, when any material, supplies, and equipment etc., may be sold heretofore or hereafter purchased or acquired for the con- ing. struction of the Isthmian Canal is no longer needed, or is no longer serviceable, it may be sold in such manner as the Secretary of War may direct, and without advertising in such classes of cases as may be authorized by him. Injuries to em ployees. SEC. 5. That hereafter the Act granting to certain employees of the United States the right to receive from it Compensation compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their allowed. employment shall apply to all employees under the Isthmian Canal Commission, when injured in the course of their employment; and claims for compensation on account of injury or death resulting from an accident occurring hereafter shall be settled by the chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, who shall, as to such claims and under such regulations as he may prescribe, perform all the duties now devolving upon the Secretary of Commerce and Labor: Provided, That when an injury results in death, claim for compensation on account thereof shall be filed within one year after such death. SEC. 6. Hereafter the Panama Railroad Company Panama Railshall not be required to give bond, either with or without Bond not required for servsurety, in contracts which it may make to furnish services, etc., by. ices, materials, or supplies to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or other departments of the Government, and such contracts may be made for periods less than one year, as may be agreed on, and formal contracts in writing shall not be required unless agreed on. Proviso. for deaths. Filing claims road. ries to be in full. SEC. 7. That all sums appropriated by this Act for Sums for sala salaries of officers and employees of the Government shall be in full for such salaries for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. JOINT RESOLUTION. [No. 5.1 Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to invite foreign countries to participate in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in nineteen hundred and fifteen, at San Francisco, California. Feb. 15, 1911. [H. J. Res. 213.] [Pub. Res., No. 56.] 36 Stat. L., pt. 1, p. 1454. Panama-Pa cific Exposition President to in Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That at San Francisco, whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the Presi- 1915. dent of the United States that a suitable site has been vite foreign countries to particiselected, and that the sum of not less than fifteen million dollars will be available to enable the Panama-Pacific International Exposition Company, a corporation organ pate in. ized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, for the purpose of inaugurating, carrying forward, and holding an exposition at the city and county of San Francisco, California, on or about the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fifteen, to celebrate the completion and opening of the Panama Canal, and also the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean, the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized and respectfully requested, by proclamation or in such manner as he may deem proper, to invite all foreign countries and nations to such proposed exposition, with a request that they participate therein. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. CHAP. 6.-An Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes. Aug. 5, 1909. [H. R. 1438.] [Public, No. 5.] 36 Stat. L. pt. (Extension of time for appeals to Court of Customs Ap-1, p. 11. peals; Imports from, subject to regular duties-Exceptions; Duty in, on sugar and tobacco imported from other countries; Preference to small sugar producers; United States products to be admitted free; Direct shipment required; Shipments in bonds; Articles damaged in transit; Articles for United States to be free from export duties; Internal-revenue tax on imports from Philippines; Exempt from Philippine tax; Internal-revenue tax on imports from United States; Exempt from United States tax; Internalrevenue tax on imports other than from United States; Internal revenues to be paid into insular treasury; Allotment by Philippine Commission. See pp. 358, 327, 328, 329.) CHAP. 8.-An Act To raise revenue for the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes. Aug. 5, 1909. [H. R. 9135.] [Public, No. 7.] 36 Stat. L., pt. 1. 130. 1, p. iff Philippine TarDuties on imdays.' after ports, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after sixty days following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, upon all articles, goods, wares, or merchandise of every kind and class entering the jurisdiction of the Philippine Islands, from any place or places, including the United States and its possessions, and in any manner whatsoever, either with intent to unlade therein, or which, after such entering, are consumed therein, or become incorporated into the general mass of property within said islands, the rates of import duty which are by this Act specifically provided. SEC. 2. That the following rules shall be observed in Construction the construction and enforcement of the various provisions of this Act: GENERAL RULES: TREATMENT OF TEXTILES. RULE 1. NUMBER OF THREADS AND ASCERTAINMENT THEREOF. By the number of threads in a textile shall, unless otherwise stipulated, be meant the total number provisions. General rules. Textiles. Thread count. 60 |