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 LIST OF PUBLIC ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS. 1X Page. Senate and House Employee. Joint resolution in relation to committee clerks and other employes of the Senate and House of Representatives. June 18, 1878. . . . . . . . . . 255 W. W. Wilshire. Joint resolution authorizing the payment to VS'. W. Wilshire his expenses in the contest of the third Congressional district of Arkansas, Forty-third Congress. June 19, 1878. 255 Committee Clerks, House. Joint resolution authorizing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay certain clerks out of the contingent fund of the House. June l9. 1878. . .    255 Conissgeg gftcéeéion Appropriations. Joint resolution to pay certain contested election expenses. June , e .. . ... - . - . .. ..     .   . 256 Camp Equipage, West Virginia. Joint resolution auth0.izing the Secretary of War to turn over to the governor of West Virginia such tents, poles, and pins as he may require for the use of the milifgagand volunteer orgauizaaions of the State at their summer and fall encampment. June 9 I ·--••--·---··• ---.- --..- -.•---·. .-. -...,.,,..,,,,,," Correelioaof Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriations. Joint resolution to amend the uct entitled "An act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the tiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- nine, and for other purposes." June 20, 1878, . ., ,,     ,...   256 STATUTES III.—1878-779. Page. Inspector-General, Army. An act establishing the rank of the senior inspector-general. December 257 12 1878 .. . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .  . .. . . . . William tiibson. An act for the relief of William Gibson. December 12, 1878 . .. ..    257 Public Buildings. An act to aid in the protection of the public buildings and property against loss and damage by tire. December 13, 1878 .. . . . . . . . . -  . . .  ...- 257 Hot Springs, Ark. An act to correct an error of enrollment in bill making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes. December 16, 878 .. . . . . . . . . 258 Condemned Cannon. An act authorizing the donation of twenty condemned bronze cannon to aid in the erection of a monument to the memory of General George A. Custer at the Military Academy at West Point. December 21, 1878 .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . 259 Courts of West Virginia. An act changing the time of holding the terms of the United States eireuit court for the district of West Virginia. December 21, 1878. . . . . . . . .-.. 259 Deficiency Appropriation. An act to provide for a dencieney in the appropriation for transportation of mails by railroads for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred seventy-nine. December 21, 1878. . . . . . . ... . . . ... . . . . 259 Bonds of District of Columbia. An act to amend an act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and to fix the rate of interest on bonds authorized by said act to be issued by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. December 21, 1878. 259 Tennessee. An act to authorize the proper accounting officer of the Treasury to audit and pay the claim of the State of Tennessee for keeping United States military prisoners. January 13, 260 1879 . . . . .    . .    ---.  ---  . ... . . . . Military Academy Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the liseal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. January 20, 1879 .. .--. . . .. .  . . .. 260 Courts in Missouri. An act to divide the western district of Missouri into two divisions, and to prescrgoe the times and places for holding courts therein, and for other purposes. January 21, 263 187 . .  .. ..., .. . . . . - . . . . . . . Smithsonian Institution. An act authorizing the chancellor of the Smithsonian Institution to appoint an acting secretary in certain cases. January 24, 1879 .. . . . . . .. . . 264 Oleomargarine. An act for the protection of dairymen, and to prevent deception in sales of butter and cheese in the District of Columbia. January 25, 1879. . . ... . ... 264 Arrcars of Pensions. An act to provide that all pensions on account of death, or wounds received, or disease contracted, in the service of the United States during the late war of the rebellion, which have been granted, or which shall hereafter be granted, shall coiniuenee from the date of death or discharge from the service of the United States, for the payment of arrears of pensions, and other purposes. January 25, 1879  .. . . . -  265 Public Debt. An act to facilitate the refnndinv the national debt. J annary 25, 1879 .. .. .. 265 Missouri. An act to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to examine the evidence of payments made by the State of Missouri si11ce April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to the officers and privates of the militia forces of said State for military services actually performed in the suppression of the rebellion in full concert and co-operation with the authorities of the United States and subject to their orders, and to make report thereof to Congress. January 27, 1879 .. . .. . . . . . . .- . . . .. . . .. . .. . 266 Pension Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the year ending June thirticth, eighteen hundred and eighty. January 266 27, 1879... .  . . . .  .    .--.  .. ..     . .. . . Binding. An act to amend an act entitled "An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- ninc, and for other purposes," approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. January 27, 1879 .. . . ...- ..-.  .-.. .. . . . . .-.. 267 Consular and Diplomatic Appropriations. An act making appropriations for the consular and diplomatic scrvice of the government ior the year ending June thirticth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes. January 27, 1879. . . . . . . . . . . Q. . . . . .  267 ].and·Scri_p. An act deiiniug the manner in which certain land-scrip may be assigned and located or applied by actual settle-rs, and providing lor the issue of patents in the name of the locator or his legal representatives. January Ld, 1879. . . .. .-.. ..   ..   274