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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

SESS. I. CH. 708.

289

1890.

CHAP. 708.-An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of
Treasury notes thereon, and for other purposes.

July 14,1890.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary Silver bullion to b
of the Treasury is hereby directed to purchase, from time to time, purchased.
silver bullion to the aggregate amount of four million five hundred Monthly aggreate.
-- *---thousand ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered in each
of price, etc.
Limit
for
dollar
one
exceeding
not
thereof,
price
market
month, at the

three hundred and seventy-one and twenty-five hundredths grains

of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchases of silver Treasury notes to
yment of
bullion Treasury notes of the United States to be prepared by the pua
Secretary of the Treasury, in such form and of such denominations, Denominations,etc.,
not less than one dollar nor more than one thousand dollars, as he may of

prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry into effect the provisions of

this act is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury

Appropriation.

not otherwise appropriated.

SEC. 2. That the Treasury notes issued in accordance with the Redemption ofnotes,

provisions of this act shall be redeemable on demand, in coin, at the n on.
Treasury of the United States or at the office of any assistant treas-

urer of the United States, and when so redeemed may be reissued; Reissue after
but no greater or less amount of such notes shall be outstanding at any demption.

time than the cost of the silver bullion and the standard silver dol- ing notesmiu
lars coined therefrom, then held in the Treasury purchased by such

re

ed

notes; and such Treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment etgaltender,except

of all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly

stipulated in the contract, and shall be receivable for customs,
taxes, and all public dues, and when so received may be reissued;
and such notes, when held by any national banking association.
may be counted as a part of its lawful reserve. That upon demand
of the holder of any of the Treasury notes herein provided for the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, redeem such notes in gold or silver coin, at his discretion,

it being the established policy of the United States to maintain the

for cus
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after
issue
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reserve.
Receible

Redemption in gold
or silver coin, at dis-

cretionof Secretaryof
the Teasury.

two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, Parity and ratio of
siver.
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or such ratio as may be provided by law.
thlycoinage of
SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall each month coin
two million ounces of the silver bullion purchased under the provis- purhased bullion.
and after,
ions of this act into standard silver dollars until the first day of Bfore,a

July eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and after that time he shall
coin of the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of this act
as much as may be necessary to provide for the redemption of the
Treasury notes herein provided for, and any gain or s

eigniorage
s
o.

arising from such coinage shall be accounted for and paid into the
Treasury.
SEC. 4. That the silver bullion purchased under the provisions of toPeS

subject
this act shall be subject to the requirements of existing law and the VoL 20, p. 25.
regulations of the mint service governing the methods of determin- Acertainment of

ing the amount of pure silver contained, and the amount of charges value.
or deductions, if any, to be made.
SEC. 5. That so much of the act of Februarytwenty-eighth, eight-

Vol. 20, sec. , p.2s,

een hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An act to authorize the m
coinage of the standard silver doll'ir and to re tore its legal-tender

d

character," as requires the monthly purchase and coinage of the ad conhy puchase
same into silver dollars of not less than two million dollars, nor repealed

more than four million dollars' worth of silver bullion, is hereby
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ances of National

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EC. 6. That upon the passage of this act the balances standing
ofere
with the Treasurer of the United States to the respective credits oftdempion
national banks for deposits made to redeem the circulating notes into Trasury.

of such banks, and all deposits thereafter received for like purpose,
shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, and the
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CHS. 708,714.

1890.

Treasnrertoredeem Treasury of the United States shall redeem from the general cash
in the Treasury the circulating notes of said banks which may come
eneral cah.

into his possession subject to redemption; and upon the certificate
of the Comptroller of the Currency that such notes have been
received by him and that they have been destroyed and that no new
Reimbursement to notes will be issued in their place, reimbursement of their amount
Natiohe an from shall be made to the Treasurer, under such regulations as the Sec-

Redemptionaccount."

retary of the Treasury may prescribe, from an appropriation hereby,

created, to be known as 'National bank notes: Redemption account,

Not to apply to fve but the provisions of this act shall not apply to the deposits received

under section three of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred
and seventy-four, requiring every National bank to keep in lawful
money with the Treasurer of the United States a sum equal to five
percentum of its circulation, to be held and used for the redemption
of its circulating notes; and the balance remaining of the deposits
Monthly report of so covered shall, at the close of each month, be reported on the
balance of monthly public debt statement as debt of the United States bearing
reig
no interest.
Operation.
" SEi.
7. That this act shall take effect thirty days from and after
its passage."
Approved, July 14, 1890.
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CHAP. 714.-An act granting right of way to Little Falls, Mille Lacs, and Lake
uperior Railroad across Mille Lacs Indian Reservation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
file United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is heree
by granted to the Little Falls, Mille Lacs, and Lake Superior Railc
^SaId LS&
pany granted right of way Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws
Reser- of the State of Minnesota, and its assigns, the right of way for the conios It
Little Falls,

vcationnn.
Width.

construction

rial

.

stations,etc.

struction of a railroad through the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation in

said State. Such right of way shall be seventy-five feet in width on
each side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall
also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said
Mate- road, material, stones, and earth necessary for the construction of
said railroad; also grounds adjacent tor such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side-tracks, turnouts, and

water-stations, not to exceed in amount three hundred feet in width
and three thousand feet in length for each station to the extent of
two stations within the limits of said reservation.
And for the purpose of aiding the said company to construct a
railroad to the navigable waters of Mille Lacs Lake, or navigable

GrantofuseotLake waters connected therewith, there is hereby granted to the said
shore lands.

Little Falls, Mille Lacs, and Lake Superior Railroad the right to

take and use three hundred and twenty acres of the lands in said
reservation, to be by said Company selected at some place or point
on the shore of Mille Lacs Lake, on the line of said railroad in said
Location.
Payment for use, State, upon paying to the United States for the use of said Indians
afdu di.to idi such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, not less than
one dollar and twenty-five cents for each and every acre thereof, and
also whatever amount may be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior
for such right and for the damages arising to any individual Indian
Proviso.
for actual improvements which he or they may have thereon: Provided, That no part of said lands shall be used, directly or indirectly,
Use of lands lmited for town-site purposes, it being the intention hereof that said land
railroad shall be held for general railroad purposes only, including stocktoce
yards, warehouses, elevators, docks, and terminal and other facilities of and for said railroad, but nothing herein contained shall be
construed to prevent any such railroad company from building upon
such lands houses for the accommodation of their employees.