FORT Y-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 127, 131. 1884. 61 the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioner of Labor shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be appointed and qualiiied, unless sooner removed, and shall receivea salary of three thousand dollars a year. The Com- Salary. missioner shall collect information upon the subject of labor, its rela- Duties. tion to capital, the hours of labor, and the earnings_of1a.boring men and women, and the means of promoting their material, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity. The Secretary of the Interior upon the recom- Chief clerk, em. mendation of said Commissioner, shall appoint a. chief clerk, who shall Sentry. receive a salary of two thousand dollars per annum, and such other employees as may be necessary for the said Biueau: Provided, That the Proviso. total expense shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. During the necessary absence of the Commissioner, or when the office shall become vacant, the chief clerk shall peribrm the duties of Commissioner. The Commissioner shall annually make a report in writing Annual report. ° to the Secretary of the Interior of the information collected and collated by him, and containing such recommendations as he may deem calculated to promote the efficiency of the Bureau. Approved, June 27, 1884. CHAP. 131.-Au act to repeal section one of the act entitled “An act making a June 28, 1884. mnt of lands in alternate sections to aid ixrthe construction and errtennion of the ————-—-—-—— n Mountam Railroad hom Pilot Knob, mthe State of Missouri, to Helena, m _ Arkansas," approved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for other purposes. Whereas by the iirst section of au act of Congress approved July the 14 Stat., 83. fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, there was granted to the State Preamble. of Missouri, for the pmpose of aiding in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, from its terminus at Pilot Knob to a point on the southern boundary-line of the State, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side of said road; and Whereas said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, or its successor, did not comply with the terms of said act either in time or by the construction of its line in accordance with the location of its line as shown on its maps illed in the Department of the Interior or otherwise, and never became entitled to or received any of said lands: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That section one of the act of R°1t!°“;°f“°°:!°° Congress entitled “Au act making a grant of lands in alternate sections $°a§f?:c:§ to aid in the construction and extension of the Iron Mountain Railroad, struction of Im, from Pilot Knob, in the State of Missouri, to Helena, in Arkansas/’, ap· Mountain Rai 1- proved July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, be, and hereby is ”°°d· repealed; and upon the acceptance by the said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, in writing, under corporate seal, within six months from the passage of this act, of the terms of this act, and upon the production to the Secretary of the Interior by said company. its successors or assigns, of setisthetory proof that said lands have not been sold or eueumbered by said company, the said Iron Mountain Railroad Company, its successors or assigns, shall be forever re- Release or comleused from any and all obligations imposed by said act of July fourth, PMN? ¤°¤d**‘°¤¤· eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and all of the lands granted by said sec- L an as restored tion one be and they are hereby restored to the public domain for d.is· *0 lh? P°‘{h° d° position under the publielzmd laws of the United States: Provided, mi" * I"`""""" That all pre-emption and homestead entries heretofore allowed upon any of said lands, not in excess of the legal quantity, be, and they are hereby, eontirmed: And provided jtrtlier, That all persons residing ou any of said lsmds at the date of the passage of this act shall huvea prior right to acquire the same, not exeeiling one hundred and sixty acres,
