Provisos. ditional ground where there are heavy cuts or fills as may be necessary for the construction and maintenance of the road-bed, not exceeding one hundred feet in width on each side of said right of way, or as much thereof as may be included in said cut or fill: Provided, That no more than said addition of land shall be taken for any one station: Provided Land to be used further, That no part of the lands granted shall be used except in such only for railway, manner and for such purposes only as shall be necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad and telegraph and telephone lines; and when any portion thereof shall cease to be so used such portions shall revert to the tribe or tribes of Indians from which the same shall have been taken, or, in case they shall have ceased to occupy the same, to the United States: And provided further, That before any such lands shall be taken for the purposes aforesaid the consent of the Indians thereto shall be obtained in a manner satisfactory etc., purposes. Consent of Indians to be obtain ed. Damages. Maps to be filed with Secretary of the Interior. Proviso. Rights of Indians to be regarded. Employees to re way. to the President of the United States. SEC. 3. That before said railway shall be constructed through any lands held by individual occupants according to the laws, customs, and usages of any of the Indian tribes through which it may be constructed, full compensation shall be made to such occupants for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of such railway, the amount of such compensation to be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and to be subject to his final approval. SEC. 4. That said company shall cause maps showing the route of its located line through and station grounds upon said Indian reservation to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior, and that said location shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior before any grading or construction on any section or part of said located line shall be begun: Provided, That said railway shall be located and constructed with a due regard for the rights of the Indians, and especially so as not to interfere with their irrigating ditches. SEC. 5. That the officers, servants, and employees of said company side on right of necessary to the construction and management of said road shall be allowed to reside while so engaged upon said right of way upon the lands herein granted, but subject to the provisions of the Indian intercourse laws, and such rules and regulations as may be established by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the said intercourse laws. Survey may begin immediately. To be completed within two years. Fences, bridges, etc. Indians prohibited from riding. Boud to be ex SEC. 6. That said railway company shall have the right to survey and locate its railway immediately after the passage of this act. SEC. 7. That said railway company shall build its entire line through said reservation within two years after the passage of this act, or this grant shall be forfeited as to that portion not built; and that said railway company shall fence, and keep fenced, all such portions of its road as may run through any improved lands of the Indians, and also shall construct and maintain continually all road and highway crossings and necessary bridges over said railway wherever said roads and highways do now or may hereafter cross said railway's right of way, or may be by the proper authorities laid out across the same. SEC. 8. That said railway company shall prohibit the riding by Indians belonging to said reservation upon any of its trains, unless spe cially provided with passes signed by the Indian agent, or by some one duly authorized to act in his behalf. SEC. 9. That said railway company shall execute a bond to the United ecuted and filed States, to be filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, in the conditioned for penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the use and benefit of the Pima payment of damand Maricopa tribes of Indians, conditioned for the due payment of any ages. and all damages which may accrue by reason of the killing or maiming of any Indian belonging to said tribes, or either of them, or of their live stock, in the construction or operation of said railway, or by reason of fires originating thereby; the damages in all cases, in the event of failure by the railway company to effect an amicable settlement with the parties in interest, to be recovered in any court of the Territory of Ari- Litigation. zona having jurisdiction of the amount claimed, upon suit or action instituted by the proper United States attorney in the name of the United Proviso. States: Provided, That all moneys so recovered by the United States Moneys recovered attorney under the provisions of this section shall be covered into the to be paid out unTreasury of the United States, to be placed to the credit of the particu- Secretary of the lar Indian or Indians entitled to the same, and to be paid to him or them, Interior. or otherwise expended for his or their benefit, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. der direction of Condition of ac SEC. 10. That the said Maricopa and Phoenix Railway Company shall SEC. 12. That this act shall be in force from its passage. Proviso. Violation to work forfeiture. Right to amend, etc., reserved. To take effect immediately. CHAP. 40.—An act for the erection of a public building at Camden, New Jersey. Jan. 26, 1887. Camden, N. J. Plans, etc. Proviso. Title. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase a site for, and cause to be erected thereon, a suitable building, with fire-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of the post-office, custom-house, and internal-revenue and other Government offices, at the city of Camden, New Jersey. The plans, specifications, and full estimates of said building shall be previously made and approved according to law, and shall not exceed for the site and building complete the sum of one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the site shall leave the building unexposed to danger from fire in adjacent buildings by an open space Open space. of not less than forty feet, including streets and alleys; and no money appropriated for this purpose shall be available until a valid title to the site for said building shall be vested in the United States, nor until.the State of New Jersey shall have ceded to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the same, during the time the United States shall be or remain the owners thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of said State and the service of civil process therein; nor shall any site be purchased until estimates for the erection of a building which will furnish sufficient accommodations for the transac tion of the public business, and which shall not exceed in cost the balance of the sum herein limited after the site shall have been purchased and paid for, shall have been approved by the Secretary of the Treas ury; and no purchase of site, nor plan for said building, shall be ap. proved by the Secretary of the Treasury involving an expenditure exceeding the said sum of one hundred thousand dollars for site and build ing. Approved, January 26, 1887. Estimates. Limit. Jan. 26, 1887. tax sales to have two years. Deed to issue. CHAP. 41.—An act relating to sales for taxes in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Real estate, Dis- States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter sales of real estrict of Columbia. tate, after advertisement as required by law, by the collector of taxes Purhasers of, at for the District of Columbia, for taxes or assessments that have been or valid title after may be levied by the Commissioners of said District, or by other lawful authority, shall entitle the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, if the property be not redeemed within two years from the date of such sale, to a deed from the Commissioners of the District, which deed shall vest in the grantee a good and valid title, and shall be presumptive evidencein all controversies in relation thereto that the property so conveyed was subject to the taxes for which the property was sold, that such taxes were not paid, and that the property was not redeemed before the execution of the deed, and that the manner of levy, notice, sale, and all the other prerequisites of law were complied with necessary and proper to make such deed and title valid. Approved, January 26, 1887. Jan. 26, 1887. Francis mead. States to lands in CHAP. 42.-An act for the relief of Francis Denmead. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Den- States of America in Congress assembled, That the United States of America hereby quitclaims and releases to Francis Denmead, his heirs Title of United and assigns, any title or interest which the United States have, by District of Colum- reason of any escheat or supposed escheat, in and to the followingdescribed real estate situate, being, and lying in the city of Washington and District of Columbia, known and designated on the public plat or plan of said city as lots numbered one, two, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty, in square numbered nine hundred and twenty-four Approved, January 26, 1887. bia released to. Jan. 26, 1887. Gallery. CHAP. 43.-An act to exempt from taxation all property held by the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Corcoran Art States of America in Congress assembled, That all property held as endowment fund by the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in the Property held as endowment fund city of Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of revenue for, in Washington to support said institution, shall be, and the same is hereby, declared to be released from exempt from all taxation and assessments by the municipal authorities taxes. Proviso. Real estate. or by the United States so long as the same shall be so held; and all taxes and assessments made or imposed upon any of the property of said trustees subsequent to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, whether real, personal, or mixed, be, and the same are hereby, released: Provided, That real estate heretofore purchased by said trustees in the management of the endowment fund shall be exempt from taxation only while so held, and not to exceed five years from the passage of this act. Approved, January 26, 1887. Jan. 26, 1887. CHAP. 44.-An act to exempt the property of the Young Men's Christian Association of Washington, District of Columbia, from taxation. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Young Men's States of America in Congress assembled, That the property known as lot Christian Associ- three, square two hundred and twenty-two, being house numbered fouration, Washington. teen hundred and nine New York avenue, in Washington City, District tion. of Columbia, occupied by the Young Men's Christian Association of Property of, exWashington, be, and the same is hereby, exempt from all taxation so empt from taxalong as the same is so occupied and used; and the taxes which have accrued and become due on and after July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, be, and the same are hereby, released, subject to the provisions of section eight of the act approved March third, eighteen hun-dred and seventy-seven, providing for exemptions of church and school property from taxation. Approved, January 26, 1887. Vol. 19, p. 399. CHAP. 45.—An act for the further protection of property from fire, and safety of lives, in the District of Columbia. Jan. 26, 1887. Protection of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the owner or owners, in fee or for life, of every building constructed and property from fire, and safety of lives, used, or intended to be used, as a hotel, factory, manufactory, theater, District of Columtenement-house, seminary, college, academy, hospital, asylum, hall, or bia. place of amusement, and of the trustee or trustees of every estate, Hotels, etc., over association, society, college, academy, school, hospital, or asylum owning vide fire-escapes or using any building fifty feet high or upwards, used for any of the and stand-pipes. purposes herein above mentioned, to provide and caused to be erected and affixed to said building iron fire-escapes and combined stand-pipes and ladders, or either of said appliances as may be approved and adopted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. 50 feet high to pro Alarms. Notices. SEC. 2. That in all hotels, factories, manufactories, workshops, schools, Hallways and seminaries, colleges, hospitals, asylums, halls, or places of amusement, stairways to be lighted. or other places mentioned in this act, the hallways and stairways shall be properly lighted when occupied at night; and at the head and foot of each flight of stairs, and at the intersection of all hallways with main corridors, shall be kept during the night a red light; and one or more proper alarms or gongs, capable of being heard throughout the building, shall always remain easy of access and ready for use in each of said buildings, to give notice to the inmates in case of fire; and there shall be kept posted in a conspicuous place in every sleeping-room a notice descriptive of such means of escape; and the building inspector and chief engineer of the fire department shall have the right to designate the location of the said fire-escapes and stand-pipes in conformity with this act, and shall graut certificates of approval to every person, firm, corporation, trustee, and board of school trustees complying with the requirements of this act, which certificates shall relieve the party or parties from the liabilities of fines or damages imposed by this act. Penalty for not SEC. 3. That every person, corporation, trustee, or board of school directors neglecting or refusing to comply with the requirements of the first sec. complying. tion of this act, upon receiving thirty days' notice of the same, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, to be collected as fines are now by law collected; and the building inspector and chief engineer shall cause to be erected upon said building said appliances as in their judgment may be necessary, and the same shall be charged and held as a lien against said property and collected the same as other improvements made by the District authorities; and in case of fire occurring in any such building not provided with said appliances as may be required by the building inspector and chief engineer of the fire department, and in accordance with the requirements of the first section of this act, the person, persons, trustee, trustees, corporation, or school directors who or which neglected to provide such building with said appliances as aforesaid shall be liable in an action for damages in case of death or personal injury being caused in consequence of such fire breaking out Liability for neglect. in said building; and such action may be maintained by any person or persons now authorized by law to sue, as in other cases for injuries caused by neglect of duty. SEC. 4. That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. Approved. January 26, 1887. Jan. 26, 1-87. CHAP. 46.-An act to regulate insurance in the District of Columbia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Insurance com- States of America in Congress assembled, That no company hereafter orpanies. District of ganized or incorporated within the District of Columbia shall transact Columbia. Capital required. the business of insurance in any of its branches unless the whole capital of such company be not less than one hundred thousand dollars, actuAssessment com- ally and in good faith paid up in full, in cash, excepting life-insurance companies panies which issue to their members policies or certificates agreeing to pay benefits or sums of money which are to be realized by assessments levied upon the members; no other capital than such assessments shall be required of them. The Commissioners of said District, or any two of them, shall ascertain and determine such facts, upon evidence satisfactory to them to be filed in their office, and thereupon shall issue to such companies authority to transact business. Annual statements to be made. ments. SEC. 2. That every insurance company doing business in said District must transmit to the Commissioners of the District a statement of its condition and business for the year ending on the preceding thirty-first day of December, which statement shall be rendered on the first day of January following or within sixty days thereafter, except that foreign companies shall transmit their statements of business, other than that done in the United States, prior to the following first day of July, which statements must be in form and state the particulars required by Special state the blanks prescribed by the Commissioners; and the Commissioners, or any two of them, may require at any time statements from any company doing business within the District, or from any of its officers or agents, on such points as they may deem necessary and proper to elicit a full exhibit of its business and standing, all of which statements herein required must be verified by the signatures and oaths of the presiCompanies not dent or vice-president, or the secretary or actuary. No company having filing statements neglected to file a statement required of it within the time and manner prohibited from doing business. prescribed shall do any business, after notification by the CommisMoney penalty. sioners, or any two of them, while such neglect continues; and any company or association neglecting to make and transmit any statement required shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day's neglect. SEC. 3. That every fire-insurance company, to entitle itself to the Fire insurance written authority by this act required to transact business in the Discompanies. trict, shall have assets equal to its liabilities, including a reinsurance reserve liability equal to fifty per centum of premiums received upon one year-risk, and an amount proportioned to the unexpired time upon all Inland and ma- other fire risks. Every company doing an inland or marine business rine insurance shall have assets equal to its liabilities, including a reinsurance reserve companies. liability equal to the total premiums charged upon all unexpired inland Life insurance or marine risks. Every life insurance company, excepting those organcompanies. ized upon the plan of assessments on their members, shall have assets equal to its liabilities, including a reserve liability computed upon the basis of the American experience table of mortality, at four and onehalf per centum interest. Before issuing any written authority to any company to transact business in the District, the Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall satisfy themselves that such company has complied with the law; and at any time thereafter they shall revoke such authority when satisfied that such company has fallen below such requirements. Assets. |