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(_b_) A vessel employed in laying or in picking up a telegraph
cable shall carry in the same position as the white light mentioned in
article 2 (_a_), and if a steam vessel in lieu of that light, three
lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet
apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red and the
middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to
be visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least 2 miles. By
day she shall carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than
6 feet apart, where they can best be seen, three shapes not less than 2
feet in diameter, of which the highest and lowest shall be globular in
shape and red in color and the middle one diamond in shape and white.

(_c_) The vessels referred to in this article, when not making way
through the water, shall not carry the side lights, but when making way
shall carry them.

(_d_) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article
are to be taken by other vessels as signals that the vessel showing them
is not under command and can not, therefore, get out of the way.

These signals are not signals of vessels in distress and requiring
assistance. Such signals are contained in article 31.

ART. 5. A sailing vessel under way and any vessel being towed shall
carry the same lights as are prescribed by article 2 for a steam vessel
under way, with the exception of the white lights mentioned therein,
which they shall never carry.

ART. 6. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels under way during bad
weather, the green and red side lights can not be fixed, these lights
shall be kept at hand, lighted and ready for use, and shall on the
approach of or to other vessels be exhibited on their respective sides,
in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them
most visible and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port
side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more
than 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides.

To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy the
lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the color of
the light they respectively contain and shall be provided with proper
screens.

ART. 7. Steam vessels of less than 40 and vessels under oars or sails of
less than 20 tons gross tonnage, respectively, when under way shall not
be obliged to carry the lights mentioned in article 2 (_a_),
(_b_), and (_c_), but if they do not carry them they shall be
provided with the following lights:

First. Steam vessels of less than 40 tons shall carry--

(_a_) In the fore part of the vessel or on or in front of the
funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of
not less than 9 feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as
prescribed in article 2 (_a_) and of such a character as to be
visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.

(_b_) Green and red side lights constructed and fixed as prescribed
in article 2 (_b_) and (_c_) and of such a character as to be
visible at a distance of at least 1 mile, or a combined lantern showing
a green light and a red light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the
beam on their respective sides. Such lanterns shall be carried not less
than 3 feet below the white light.

Second. Small steamboats, such as are carried by seagoing vessels, may
carry the white light at a less height than 9 feet above the gunwale,
but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in
subdivision 1 (_b_).

Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than 20 tons shall have ready
at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass on the
other, which on the approach of or to other vessels shall be exhibited,
in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall
not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.

The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry
the lights prescribed by article 4 (_a_) and article 11, last
paragraph.

ART. 8. Pilot vessels when engaged on their station on pilotage duty
shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a
white light at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall
also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals,
which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.

On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall have their side
lights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short
intervals to indicate the direction in which they are heading; but the
green light shall not be shown on the port side nor the red light on the
starboard side.

A pilot vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a
vessel to put a pilot on board may show the white light instead of
carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the colored lights
above mentioned, have at hand, ready for use, a lantern with a green
glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used as
prescribed above.

Pilot vessels when not engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall
carry lights similar to those of other vessels of their tonnage.

ART. 9. Fishing vessels and fishing boats when under way and when not
required by this article to carry or show the lights therein named shall
carry or show the lights prescribed for vessels of their tonnage under
way.

(_a_) Vessels and boats when fishing with drift nets shall exhibit
two white lights from any part of the vessel where they can best be
seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical distance between
them shall be not less than 6 feet and not more than 10 feet, and so
that the horizontal distance between them measured in a line with the
keel shall be not less than 5 feet and not more than 10 feet. The lower
of these two lights shall be the more forward, and both of them shall be
of such a character as to show all around the horizon and to be visible
at a distance of not less than 3 miles.

(_b_) Vessels when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the
dragging of an apparatus along the bottom of the sea--

First. If steam vessels, shall carry in the same position as the white
light mentioned in article 2 (_a_) a tricolored lantern so
constructed and fixed as to show a white light from right ahead to 2
points on each bow and a green light and a red light over an arc of the
horizon from 2 points on either bow to 2 points abaft the beam on the
starboard and port sides, respectively, and not less than 6 nor more
than 12 feet below the tricolored lantern, a white light in a lantern so
constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all around
the horizon.

Second. If sailing vessels of 7 tons gross tonnage and upward, shall
carry a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear,
uniform, and unbroken light all around the horizon, and shall also be
provided with a sufficient supply of red pyrotechnic lights, which shall
each burn for at least 30 seconds, and shall be shown on the approach of
or to other vessels in sufficient time to prevent collision.

In the Mediterranean Sea the vessels referred to in subdivision
(_b_) 2 may use a flare-up light in lieu of a pyrotechnic light.

All lights mentioned in subdivision (_b_) 1 and 2 shall be visible
at a distance of at least 2 miles.

Third. If sailing vessels of less than 7 tons gross tonnage, shall not
be obliged to carry the white light mentioned in subdivision (_b_)
2 of this article, but if they do not carry such light they shall have
at hand, ready for use, a lantern showing a bright white light, which
shall on the approach of or to other vessels be exhibited where it can
best be seen, in sufficient time to prevent collision; and they shall
also show a red pyrotechnic light, as prescribed in subdivision
(_b_) 2, or in lieu thereof a flare-up light.

(_c_) Vessels and boats when line fishing with their lines out and
attached to their lines, and when not at anchor or stationary, shall
carry the same lights as vessels fishing with drift nets.

(_d_) Fishing vessels and fishing boats may at any time use a
flare-up light in addition to the lights which they are by this article
required to carry and show. All flare-up lights exhibited by a vessel
when trawling or fishing with any kind of dragnet shall be shown at the
after part of the vessel, excepting that if the vessel is hanging by the
stern to her fishing gear they shall be exhibited from the bow.

(_e_) Every fishing vessel and every boat when at anchor shall
exhibit a white light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at
least 1 mile.

(_f_) If a vessel or boat when fishing becomes stationary in
consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, she
shall show the light and make the fog signal prescribed for a vessel at
anchor, respectively. (See article 15 (_d_), (_e_), and last
paragraph.)

(_g_) In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms drift-net
vessels attached to their nets, and vessels when trawling, dredging, or
fishing with any kind of dragnet, and vessels line fishing with their
lines out shall, if of 20 tons gross tonnage or upward, respectively, at
intervals of not more than one minute make a blast--if steam vessels,
with the whistle or siren, and if sailing vessels, with the fog
horn--each blast to be followed by ringing the bell.

(_h_) Sailing vessels or boats fishing with nets or lines or trawls
when under way shall in daytime indicate their occupation to an
approaching vessel by displaying a basket or other efficient signal
where it can best be seen.

The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry
the lights prescribed by article 4 (_a_) and article 11, last
paragraph.

ART. 10. A vessel which is being overtaken by another shall show from
her stern to such last-mentioned vessel a white light or a flare-up
light.

The white light required to be shown by this article may be fixed
and carried in a lantern, but in such case the lantern shall be so
constructed, fitted, and screened that it shall throw an unbroken light
over an arc of the horizon of 12 points of the compass--namely, for 6
points from right aft on each side of the vessel--so as to be visible at
a distance of at least 1 mile. Such light shall be carried as nearly as
practicable on the same level as the side lights.

ART. 11. A vessel under 150 feet in length when at anchor shall carry
forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding 20
feet above the hull, a white light in a lantern so constructed as to
show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon
at a distance of at least 1 mile.

A vessel of 150 feet or upward in length when at anchor shall carry in
the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than 20 and not
exceeding 40 feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the
stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than
15 feet lower than the forward light, another such light.

The length of a vessel shall be deemed to be the length appearing in her
certificate of registry.

A vessel aground in or near a fairway shall carry the above light or
lights and the two red lights prescribed by article 4 (_a_).

ART. 12. Every vessel may, if necessary in order to attract attention,
in addition to the lights which she is by these rules required to carry,
show a flare-up light or use any detonating signal that can not be
mistaken for a distress signal.

ART. 13. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of
any special rules made by the government of any nation with respect to
additional station and signal lights for two or more ships of war or for
vessels sailing under convoy, or with the exhibition of recognition
signals adopted by shipowners which have been authorized by their
respective governments and duly registered and published.

ART. 14. A steam vessel proceeding under sail only, but having her
funnel up, shall carry in daytime forward, where it can best be seen,
one black ball or shape 2 feet in diameter.

SOUND SIGNALS FOR FOG, ETC.

ART. 15. All signals prescribed by this article for vessels under way
shall be given--

1. By "steam vessels," on the whistle or siren.

2. By "sailing vessels" and "vessels towed," on the fog horn.

The words "prolonged blast" used in this article shall mean a blast of
from four to six seconds' duration.

A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren,
sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the
sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient
fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient
bell. (In all cases where the rules require a bell to be used a drum may
be substituted on board Turkish vessels or a gong where such articles
are used on board small seagoing vessels.) A sailing vessel of 20 tons
gross tonnage or upward shall be provided with a similar fog horn and
bell.

In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms, whether by day or
night, the signals described in this article shall be used as follows,
viz:

(_a_) A steam vessel having way upon her shall sound at intervals
of not more than two minutes a prolonged blast.

(_b_) A steam vessel under way, but stopped and having no way upon
her, shall sound at intervals of not more than two minutes two prolonged
blasts with an interval of about one second between them.

(_c_) A sailing vessel under way shall sound at intervals of not
more than one minute, when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the
port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the
beam three blasts in succession.

(_d_) A vessel when at anchor shall at intervals of not more than
one minute ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds.

(_e_) A vessel at anchor at sea, when not in ordinary anchorage
ground and when in such a position as to be an obstruction to vessels
under way, shall sound, if a steam vessel, at intervals of not more than
two minutes, two prolonged blasts with her whistle or siren, followed by
ringing her bell; or, if a sailing vessel, at intervals of not more than
one minute two blasts with her fog horn, followed by ringing her bell.

(_f_) A vessel when towing shall, instead of the signals prescribed
in subdivisions (_a_) and (_c_) of this article, at intervals
of not more than two minutes sound three blasts in succession, namely,
one prolonged blast followed by two short blasts. A vessel towed may
give this signal, and she shall not give any other.

(_g_) A steam vessel wishing to indicate to another "The way is off
my vessel; you may feel your way past me" may sound three blasts in
succession, namely, short, long, short, with intervals of about one
second between them.

(_h_) A vessel employed in laying or picking up a telegraph cable
shall on hearing the fog signal of an approaching vessel sound in answer
three prolonged blasts in succession.

(_i_) A vessel under way which is unable to get out of the way of
an approaching vessel through being not under command or unable to
maneuver as required by these rules shall on hearing the fog signal of
an approaching vessel sound in answer four short blasts in succession.

Sailing vessels and boats of less than 20 tons gross tonnage shall not
be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals, but if they do not they
shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of not more
than one minute.

SPEED OF SHIPS TO BE MODERATE IN FOG, ETC.

ART. 16. Every vessel shall in a fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain
storm go at a moderate speed, having careful regard to the existing
circumstances and conditions.

A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal
of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as
the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate
with caution until danger of collision is over.

STEERING AND SAILING RULES.

PRELIMINARY.--RISK OF COLLISION.

Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by
carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the
bearing does not appreciably change, such risk should be deemed to
exist.

ART. 17. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another so as to
involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the
other as follows, namely:

(_a_) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the way of a
vessel which is closehauled.

(_b_) A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out
of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack.

(_c_) When both are running free with the wind on different sides,
the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way
of the other.

(_d_) When both are running free with the wind on the same side,
the vessel which is to the windward shall keep out of the way of the
vessel which is to leeward.

(_e_) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of
the other vessel.

ART. 18. When two steam vessels are meeting end on or nearly end on, so
as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to
starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.

This article only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on or
nearly end on in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does
not apply to two vessels which must if both keep on their respective
courses pass clear of each other.

The only cases to which it does apply are when each of the two vessels
is end on or nearly end on to the other; in other words, to cases in
which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly
in a line with her own, and by night to cases in which each vessel is in
such a position as to see both the side lights of the other.

It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead
crossing her own course, or by night to cases where the red light of one
vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green
light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where
a red light without a green light or a green light without a red light
is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but
ahead.

ART. 19. When two steam vessels are crossing, so as to involve risk of
collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side
shall keep out of the way of the other.

ART. 20. When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are proceeding in such
directions as to involve risk of collision, the steam vessel shall keep
out of the way of the sailing vessel.

ART. 21. Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out
of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.

ART. 22. Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of
the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit,
avoid crossing ahead of the other.

ART. 23. Every steam vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out
of the way of another vessel shall on approaching her, if necessary,
slacken her speed or stop or reverse.

ART. 24. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules every vessel
overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel.

Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than
2 points abaft her beam--that is, in such a position with reference to
the vessel which she is overtaking, that at night she would be unable to
see either of that vessel's side lights--shall be deemed to be an
overtaking vessel, and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between
the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel
within the meaning of these rules or relieve her of the duty of keeping
clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.

As by day the overtaking vessel can not always know with certainty
whether she is forward of or abaft this direction from the other vessel,
she should if in doubt assume that she is an overtaking vessel and keep
out of the way.

ART. 25. In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, when it is safe
and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which
lies on the starboard side of such vessel.

ART. 26. Sailing vessels under way shall keep out of the way of sailing
vessels or boats fishing with nets or lines or trawls. This rule shall
not give to any vessel or boat engaged in fishing the right of
obstructing a fairway used by vessels other than fishing vessels or
boats.

ART. 27. In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had
to all dangers of navigation and collision and to any special
circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules
necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.

SOUND SIGNALS FOR VESSELS IN SIGHT OF ONE ANOTHER.

ART. 28. The words "short blast" used in this article shall mean a blast
of about one second's duration.

When vessels are in sight of one another, a steam vessel under way, in
taking any course authorized or required by these rules, shall indicate
that course by the following signals on her whistle or siren, namely:

One short blast to mean, "I am directing my course to starboard."

Two short blasts to mean, "I am directing my course to port."

Three short blasts to mean, "My engines are going at full speed astern."

NO VESSEL UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS.

ART. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel or the owner
or master or crew thereof from the consequences of any neglect to carry
lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the
neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice
of seamen or by the special circumstances of the case.

RESERVATION OF RULES FOR HARBORS AND INLAND NAVIGATION.

ART. 30. Nothing in these rules shall interfere with the operation of a
special rule duly made by local authority relative to the navigation of
any harbor, river, or inland waters.

DISTRESS SIGNALS.

ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other
vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used
or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

In the daytime--

First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.

Second. The international code signal of distress, indicated by N.C.

Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, having either
above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball.

Fourth. Rockets or shells as prescribed below for use at night.

Fifth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.

At night--

First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute.

Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel,
etc.).

Third. Rockets or shells bursting in the air with a loud report and
throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time at short
intervals.

Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.

SEC. 2. That all laws or parts of laws inconsistent with the foregoing
regulations for preventing collisions at sea for the navigation of all
public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and
in all waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels are
hereby repealed.

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 an act of Congress entitled "An act to amend an act approved August 19, 1890, entitled 'An act to adopt regulations for preventing collisions at sea,'" was approved May 28, 1894, 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 article 7 of
the act approved August 19, 1890, entitled "An act to adopt regulations
for preventing collisions at sea," be amended to read as follows:

"ART. 7. Steam vessels of less than 40 and vessels under oars or sails
of less than 20 tons gross tonnage, respectively, and rowing boats, when
under way, shall not be required to carry the lights mentioned in
article 2 (_a_), (_b_), and (_c_), but if they do not
carry them they shall be provided with the following lights:

"First. Steam vessels of less than 40 tons shall carry--

"(_a_) In the fore part of the vessel or on or in front of the
funnel where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of
not less than 9 feet, a bright white light constructed and fixed as
prescribed in article 2 (_a_) and of such a character as to be
visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.

"(_b_) Green and red side lights constructed and fixed as
prescribed in article 2 (_b_) and (_c_) and of such a
character as to be visible at a distance of at least 1 mile, or a
combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead
to 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lanterns
shall be carried not less than 3 feet below the white light.

"Second. Small steamboats, such as are carried by seagoing vessels, may
carry the white light at a less height than 9 feet above the gunwale,
but it shall be carried above the combined lantern mentioned in
subdivision 1 (_b_).

"Third. Vessels under oars or sails of less than 20 tons shall have
ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on one side and a red glass
on the other, which on the approach of or to other vessels shall be
exhibited, in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green
light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the
starboard side.

"Fourth. Rowing boats, whether under oars or sail, shall have ready at
hand a lantern showing a white light, which shall be temporarily
exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision.

"The vessels referred to in this article shall not be obliged to carry
the lights prescribed by article 4 (a) and article 11, last paragraph."

That article 9 be hereby repealed.

That article 21 be amended to read as follows:

"ART. 21. Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out
of the way the other shall keep her course and speed.

"NOTE.--When, in consequence of thick weather or other causes, such
vessel finds herself so close that collision can not be avoided by the
action of the giving-way vessel alone, she also shall take such action
as will best aid to avert collision." (See articles 27 and 29.)

That article 31 be amended to read as follows:

"DISTRESS SIGNALS.

"ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from
other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to
be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:

"In the daytime--

"First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a
minute.

"Second. The international code signal of distress indicated by N.C.

"Third. The distance signal, consisting of a square flag, having either
above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball.

"Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.

"At night--

"First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a
minute.

"Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel,
etc.).

"Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description,
fired one at a time at short intervals.

"Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus."

And whereas it is provided by section 3 of the act approved August 19, 1890, that it shall take effect at a time to be fixed by the President by proclamation issued for that purpose:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do hereby, in virtue of the authority vested in me by section 3 of the act aforesaid, proclaim the 1st day of March, 1895, as the day on which the said act approved August 19, 1890, as amended by the act approved May 28, 1894, 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.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington, this 13th day of July, 1894, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the President:
W.Q. GRESHAM,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas Congress by a statute approved March 22, 1882, and by statutes in furtherance and amendment thereof defined the crimes of bigamy, polygamy, and unlawful cohabitation in the Territories and other places within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States and prescribed a penalty for such crimes; and

Whereas on or about the 6th day of October, 1890, the Church of the Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, through its president issued a manifesto proclaiming the purpose of said church no longer to sanction the practice of polygamous marriages and calling upon all members and adherents of said church to obey the laws of the United States in reference to said subject-matter; and

Whereas on the 4th day of January, A.D. 1893,[7] Benjamin Harrison, then President of the United States, did declare and grant a full pardon and amnesty to certain offenders under said acts upon condition of future obedience to their requirements, as is fully set forth in said proclamation of amnesty and pardon; and

Whereas upon the evidence now furnished me I am satisfied that the members and adherents of said church generally abstain from plural marriages and polygamous cohabitation and are now living in obedience to the laws, and that the time has now arrived when the interests of public justice and morality will be promoted by the granting of amnesty and pardon to all such offenders as have complied with the conditions of said proclamation, including such of said offenders as have been convicted under the provisions of said act:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, by virtue of the powers in me vested, do hereby declare and grant a full amnesty and pardon to all persons who have in violation of said acts committed either of the offenses of polygamy, bigamy, adultery, or unlawful cohabitation under the color of polygamous or plural marriage, or who, having been convicted of violations of said acts, are now suffering deprivation of civil rights in consequence of the same, excepting all persons who have not complied with the conditions contained in said executive proclamation of January 4, 1893.

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 25th day of September, A.D. 1894, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the President:
W.Q. GRESHAM,
_Secretary of State_.

[Footnote 7: See pp. 368-369.]

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

The American people should gratefully render thanksgiving and praise to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, who has watched over them with kindness and fostering care during the year that has passed; they should also with humility and faith supplicate the Father of All Mercies for continued blessings according to their needs, and they should by deeds of charity seek the favor of the Giver of Every Good and Perfect Gift.

Therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart Thursday, the 29th day of November instant, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to be kept and observed by all the people of the land.

On that day let our ordinary work and business be suspended and let us meet in our accustomed places of worship and give thanks to Almighty God for our preservation as a nation, for our immunity from disease and pestilence, for the harvests that have rewarded our husbandry, for a renewal of national prosperity, and for every advance in virtue and intelligence that has marked our growth as a people.

And with our thanksgiving let us pray that these blessings may be multiplied unto us, that our national conscience may be quickened to a better recognition of the power and goodness of God, and that in our national life we may clearer see and closer follow the path of righteousness.

And in our places of worship and praise, as well as in the happy reunions of kindred and friends on that day, let us invoke divine approval by generously remembering the poor and needy. Surely He who has given us comfort and plenty will look upon our relief of the destitute and our ministrations of charity as the work of hearts truly grateful and as proofs of the sincerity of our thanksgiving.

Witness my hand and the seal of the United States, which I have caused to be hereto affixed.

[SEAL.]

Done at the city of Washington on the 1st day of November, A.D. 1894, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and nineteenth.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

By the President:
W.Q. GRESHAM,
_Secretary of State_.

A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas by the sixteenth section of the act of Congress approved March 2, 1889 (25 U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 888), the agreements entered into between the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company and the Sioux Indians for the right of way and occupation of certain lands for station purposes in that portion of the Sioux Reservation, in the State of South Dakota, relinquished by said Indians were ratified upon the condition that said railway company shall within three years after the said act takes effect construct, complete, and put into operation its line of road as therein provided for, due location of which was to be made within nine months after said act took effect; and in case of failure to so construct said road "the lands granted for right of way, station grounds, or other railway purposes as in this act provided shall without any further act or ceremony be declared by proclamation of the President forfeited, and shall without entry or further action on the part of the United States revert to the United States and be subject to entry under the other provisions of this act;" and

Whereas under previous proclamation[8] said act took effect on February 10, 1890, and more than three years have elapsed and no construction has been reported of the said road beyond the town of Chamberlain, in the State of South Dakota, as evidenced by the report of the Secretary of the Interior dated December 3, 1894:

Now, therefore, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do declare that the said lands granted for right of way and station purposes, to wit, that tract of land known as lots 2, 3, and 4 and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 10, and lots 1 and 9 in section 15, township 104 north, range 71 west, containing 188 acres, as shown by a plat approved January 24, 1891, being the tract selected by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company under the sixteenth section of the act of March 2, 1889 (25 U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 888), also the 640 acres in said township 104 north, ranges 71 and 72 west, fifth principal meridian, in the State of South Dakota, plat of which was approved by the Secretary of the Interior January 24, 1889, and now on file in the General Land Office, are forfeited to the United States and will be subject to entry under the homestead laws as provided by said act of March 2, 1889, whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall give due notice to the local officers of this declaration of forfeiture.

Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 5th day of December, A.D. 1894.

GROVER CLEVELAND, _President of the United States_.

By the President:
S.W. LAMOREUX,
_Commissioner of the General Land Office_.

[Footnote 8: See pp. 94-97.]

EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

CIVIL SERVICE.--REVOCATION OF PROMOTION REGULATIONS.

DECEMBER 11, 1893.

The promotion regulations applied to the War Department May 7, 1887, under authority contained in amended Civil-Service Rule VI are hereby revoked, and hereafter promotions in that Department, until otherwise provided, will be made in accordance with the provisions of Departmental Rule IX and the order of the Secretary of War of March 2, 1892, or such other and further orders as the said Secretary may make not inconsistent with the civil-service rules and the order of the President of December 4, 1891, directing the keeping of an efficiency record with a view to the placing of promotions wholly upon the basis of merit.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

GENERAL RULE III.

Amend General Rule III by striking out clause (_e_) of section 2.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE II.

Amend Departmental Rule II by striking out the whole of section 1 and substituting therefor the following:

1. To test fitness for the classified departmental service there shall
be a clerk-copyist examination and such supplementary and special
examinations as the Commission may provide to meet the special
requirements of the service. The clerk-copyist examination shall not
include more than the following subjects: Orthography, copying,
penmanship, arithmetic (fundamental rules, fractions, percentage,
interest, and discount), elements of bookkeeping and accounts, elements
of the English language, letter writing, elements of the geography,
history, and government of the United States.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE VI.

Amend Departmental Rule VI as follows:

In section 1, line 1, strike out the words "copyist and of the clerk" and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk-copyist," and in the same line strike out the final letter in the word "examinations." In section 4 strike out all after the word "the" where it occurs the second time in line 6 down to and including the word "separated" in line 8 and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk-copyist," and strike out the final letter of the word "examinations" in line 9. In section 9, line 1, strike out the words "the copyist and the clerk" and insert in lieu thereof the word "all," and strike out all after the word "register" in line 3 to the end of the section.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE VII.

Amend Departmental Rule VII as follows:

In section 1, after the word "clerk" in line 3, insert a hyphen and the word "copyist." In section 3, after the word "the" where it occurs the second time in line 1, strike out the words "copyist or the clerk" and insert in lieu thereof the words "clerk-copyist." Strike out all of section 4 and change the numbering of the sections following as required.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE IX.

Amend Departmental Rule IX as follows:

In section 2, after the word "clerk" in line 1, insert a hyphen and the word "copyist." In section 3, after the word "clerk" in line 1, insert a hyphen and the word "copyist." Strike out the period at the end of section 5 and insert in lieu thereof a comma, and add to the section the following:

But the provisions of clause I of this rule shall cease to be operative
when, by reason of the consolidation of the clerk and copyist
examinations, there shall no longer be any persons in the departmental
service to whom they apply.

DEPARTMENTAL RULE IV.

Postal Rule IV is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

4. In case of the sudden occurrence of a vacancy in a position within
the classified service of any post-office which the public interest
requires shall be immediately filled, and which can not be so filled by
certification from the eligible registers, such vacancy may be filled by
temporary appointment until a regular appointment can be made under the
provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this rule: _Provided_, Such
temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety days:
_And provided further_, That no person shall serve more than ninety
days in any one year under such temporary appointment. Every such
temporary appointment and also the discontinuance of the same shall at
once be reported to the Commission.

Approved, January 5, 1894.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

Departmental Rule VII is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

9. In case of the sudden occurrence of a vacancy in the position of
observer in the Weather Bureau of the Department of Agriculture which
the public interest requires shall be immediately filled, and which can
not be so filled by certification from the eligible registers of the
Commission, the Secretary of Agriculture may fill such vacancy by
temporary appointment until a regular appointment can be made under the
provisions of sections 1, 2, and 3 of this rule: _Provided_, Such
temporary appointment shall in no case continue longer than ninety days.
Every such temporary appointment and the discontinuance of the same
shall at once be reported to the Commission.

Approved, January 5, 1894.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

CIVIL SERVICE.--EXECUTIVE ORDER WITHDRAWING FISH CULTURISTS FROM THE LIST OF PLACES TO BE FILLED BY NONCOMPETITIVE EXAMINATION.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 20, 1894_.

So much of Executive orders heretofore issued under General Rule III, section 2, clause (d), as provides for the appointment of fish culturists upon noncompetitive examination is hereby revoked, and hereafter fish culturists will be appointed upon competitive examination.

GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

SPECIAL INDIAN RULE NO. 1.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 6, 1894_.

Exceptions from examination are hereby made as follows: One superintendent and the necessary teachers, not exceeding four in number, for the organization and equipment of a normal school to be established at Albuquerque, N. Mex., this rule to expire by limitation six months after the date of its approval.

Approved: GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENT OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 20, 1894_.

So much of clause 6 of Special Departmental Rule No. 1, providing for exceptions from examination in the office of the Secretary in the Department of Agriculture, as excepts "clerk to act as appointment clerk" is hereby revoked, and that position will hereafter be treated as subject to competitive examination.

Approved: GROVER CLEVELAND.

AMENDMENTS OF CIVIL-SERVICE RULES.