the salmon fisheries of Alaska," approved March 2, 1889, provides that--
SEC. 3. That section 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States
is hereby declared to include and apply to all the dominion of the
United States in the waters of Bering Sea, and it shall be the duty of
the President at a timely season in each year to issue his proclamation,
and cause the same to be published for one month in at least one
newspaper (if any such there be) published at each United States port of
entry on the Pacific coast, warning all persons against entering such
waters for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section,
and he shall also cause one or more vessels of the United States to
diligently cruise said waters and arrest all persons and seize all
vessels found to be or to have been engaged in any violation of the
laws of the United States therein.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
pursuant to the above-recited statutes, hereby warn all persons against
entering the waters of Bering Sea within the dominion of the United
States for the purpose of violating the provisions of said section 1956,
Revised Statutes; and I hereby proclaim that all persons found to be or
have been engaged in any violation of the laws of the United States in
said waters will be arrested and punished as above provided, and that
all vessels so employed, their tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargoes,
will be seized and forfeited.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 15th day of March, 1890, and of the
Independence of the United States the one hundred and fourteenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.
PROCLAMATION.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1890.
_To whom it may concern_:
Whereas it has been represented to me that by reason of the drought
which has prevailed in the Indian Territory and in the adjoining States
the execution of my proclamation of February 17, 1890, requiring the
removal of all live stock from the Cherokee Outlet on or before October
1 would work great hardship and loss, not only to the owners of stock
herded upon the strip, but to the owners of cattle in the adjoining
States; and
Whereas the owners of all cattle now herded upon the outlet have
submitted to me a proposition in writing whereby they agree to remove
one-half of their stock from the outlet on or before November 1 and
the residue thereof and all their property and employees on or before
December 1 next, and to abandon all claims in said outlet:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, do
give notice and proclaim that the time heretofore fixed for the removal
of the live stock herded upon said outlet is extended to November 1 as
to one-half thereof and to December 1 next as to the residue thereof and
as to all property and employees.
BENJ. HARRISON.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas it is provided in the act of Congress entitled "An act to extend
the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska," approved March 28, 1882--
That the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska shall be, and hereby
is, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, extended so as to
include all that portion of the Territory of Dakota lying south of the
forty-third parallel of north latitude and east of the Keya Paha River
and west of the main channel of the Missouri River; and when the Indian
title to the lands thus described shall be extinguished the jurisdiction
over said lands shall be, and hereby is, ceded to the State of Nebraska,
and subject to all the conditions and limitations provided in the act of
Congress admitting Nebraska into the Union, and the northern boundary of
the State shall be extended to said forty-third parallel as fully and
effectually as if said lands had been included in the boundaries of said
State at the time of its admission to the Union; reserving to the United
States the original right of soil in said lands and of disposing of the
same: _Provided_, That this act, so far as jurisdiction is concerned,
shall not take effect until the President shall by proclamation declare
that the Indian title to said lands has been extinguished, nor shall
it take effect until the State of Nebraska shall have assented to the
provisions of this act; and if the State of Nebraska shall not by an
act of its legislature consent to the provisions of this act within two
years next after the passage hereof this act shall cease and be of no
effect.
And whereas by section 13 of the act entitled "An act to divide a
portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of Indians in Dakota into
separate reservations and to secure the relinquishment of the Indian
title to the remainder, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1889,
it is provided--
That when the allotments to the Ponca tribe of Indians and to such
other Indians as allotments are provided for by this act shall have
been made upon that portion of said reservation which is described in
the act entitled "An act to extend the northern boundary of the State
of Nebraska," approved March 28, 1882, the President shall, in pursuance
of said act, declare that the Indian title is extinguished to all lands
described in said act not so allotted hereunder, and thereupon all of
said land not so allotted and included in said act of March 28, 1882,
shall be open to settlement as provided in this act: _Provided_, That
the allotments to Ponca and other Indians authorized by this act to be
made upon the land described in the said act entitled "An act to extend
the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska" shall be made within
six months from the time this act shall take effect.
And whereas the State of Nebraska, by an act of its legislature approved
May 23, 1882, entitled "An act declaring the assent of the State of
Nebraska to an act of Congress of the United States entitled 'An act to
extend the northern boundary of the State of Nebraska,' approved March
28, 1882," assented to and accepted the provisions of said act of
Congress approved March 28, 1882; and
Whereas allotments have been made to the Ponca tribe of Indians under
and in accordance with the provisions of said section 13 of the act
of March 2, 1889, and no other Indians having selected or applied for
allotments upon that portion of the reservation of the Sioux Nation of
Indians described in the act of March 28, 1882, aforesaid, and the six
months' limit of time within which said allotments were authorized to
be made having expired on the 10th day of August, 1890:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States,
by virtue of the power in me vested by the act (section 13) of March 2,
1889, aforesaid, and in pursuance of the act of March 28, 1882,
aforesaid, do hereby declare that the Indian title is extinguished to
all lands described in said act of March 28, 1882, not allotted to
the Ponca tribe of Indians as aforesaid and shown upon a schedule,
in duplicate, of allotments made and certified jointly by George P.
Litchfield, United States special agent, and James E. Helms, United
States Indian agent, July 31, 1890, and approved by the Acting
Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 14, 1890, and by the Acting
Secretary of the Interior October 22, 1890, one copy of which schedule
of allotments is now on file in the office of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and the other in the office of the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Department of the Interior.
Be it known, however, that there is hereby reserved from entry or
settlement that tract of land now occupied by the agency and school
buildings of the old Ponca Agency, to wit: The south half of the
southeast quarter of section 26 and the south half of the southwest
quarter of section 25, all in township 32 north, range 7 west of the
sixth principal meridian.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 23d day of October, A.D. 1890, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
ALVEY A. ADEE,
_Acting Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.
By the grace and favor of Almighty God the people of this nation have
been led to the closing days of the passing year, which has been full
of the blessings of peace and the comforts of plenty. Bountiful
compensation has come to us for the work of our minds and of our hands
in every department of human industry.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of
America, do hereby appoint Thursday, the 27th day of the present month
of November, to be observed as a day of prayer and thanksgiving; and
I do invite the people upon that day to cease from their labors, to
meet in their accustomed houses of worship, and to join in rendering
gratitude and praise to our beneficent Creator for the rich blessings
He has granted to us as a nation and in invoking the continuance of His
protection and grace for the future. I commend to my fellow-citizens the
privilege of remembering the poor, the homeless, and the sorrowful. Let
us endeavor to merit the promised recompense of charity and the gracious
acceptance of our praise.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, this 8th day of November, A.D. 1890, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and fifteenth.
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas an act of Congress in regard to collision at sea was approved
September 4, 1890, the said act being in the following words:
_Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled_, That in every case of
collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or
person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so without
serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers (if any), to stay
by the other vessel until he has ascertained that she has no need of
further assistance, and to render to the other vessel, her master, crew,
and passengers (if any), such assistance as may be practicable and as
may be necessary in order to save them from any danger caused by the
collision, and also to give to the master or person in charge of the
other vessel the name of his own vessel and her port of registry, or the
port or place to which she belongs, and also the name of the ports and
places from which and to which she is bound. If he fails so to do, and
no reasonable cause for such failure is shown, the collision shall, in
the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been caused by
his wrongful act, neglect, or default.
SEC. 2. That every master or person in charge of a United States vessel
who fails, without reasonable cause, to render such assistance or give
such information as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be liable to a penalty of $1,000 or imprisonment for a term
not exceeding two years; and for the above sum the vessel shall be
liable and may be seized and proceeded against by process in any
district court of the United States by any person; one half such sum to
be payable to the informer and the other half to the United States.
SEC. 3. That this act shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the
President by proclamation issued for that purpose.
And whereas it is provided by section 3 of the said act that it shall
take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation
issued for that purpose:
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States of
America, do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3
of the said act, proclaim the 15th day of December, 1890, as the day on
which the said act shall take effect.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States of America to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 18th day of November, A.D. 1890,
and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and
fifteenth.
[SEAL.]
BENJ. HARRISON.
By the President:
JAMES G. BLAINE,
_Secretary of State_.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.
Special Departmental Rule No. 1 is hereby amended so as to include among
the exceptions from examination in the Department of Agriculture the
following:
Scientific or professional experts to be employed in investigations
specially authorized by Congress, but not to include any persons
regularly employed in that Department nor any persons whose duties
are not scientific or professional, and who are not experts in the
particular line of scientific or professional inquiry in which they
are to be employed.
Approved, January 29, 1890.
BENJ. HARRISON.
AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.