Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 24.djvu/104

FORTY-NTINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Gus. 362, 363, 376. 1886. 69 CHAP. 362.-A.u act to provide for the study of the nature of alcoholic drinks and May 20, 1886. narcotics, and of their eifects upon the human system, in couuectiou with the several ·———-;—— divisions of the subject of physiology and hy ieue, by the pupils in the public schools of the Territories and of the District of Ccgumbia, und in the Military and Naval Academies, and Indian and colored schools in the Territories of the United States. Bc it enacted by the éenate and House 0j'Represe1ztatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled, That the nature of alcoholic M<=<>h<>Ii<= ¢\fi¤k¤ drinks and narcotics, and special instruction as to their eifects upon the 'éggdn 3; human system, in connection with the several divisions of the subject to bg compulsmi of physiology aud hygiene, shall be included in the branches of study ju public schoois taught in the common or public schools, and in the Milimryund Naval m, TQ¤'¤‘i*°¤'i*=¤ Md Schools, and shall be studied and taught as thoroughly and in the same 3';°§:"‘L‘;€ manner as other like required branches are in said schools, by the use ami Naval Acgdg, of text-books in the hands of pupils where other branches are thus studied mimi aha colored in said schools, and by all pupils in all said schools throughout the Ter· {md ¤<¥¤=*¤_¤¤h°°L* ritories, in the Military and Naval Academies of the United States, and "‘ T°“`"°“°"· in the District of Columbia, and in all Indian and colored schools in the Territories of the United Smtes. SE:}. 2. That it shall be the duty of the proper officers in control of E¤f°*°°*¤°¤*¤- any school described in the foregoing section to enforce the provisions of this act; and anysuch officer, school director, committee, superin- punishment antendeut, or teacher who shall refuse 6r neglect to comply with the re- f¤*1¤¥° *° °°¤¤P]F- quirements of this act, or shall neglect or fail to make proper provisions for the instruction required and in the manner specified by the first section of this act, for all pupils in each and every school under his jurisdiction, shall be removed from office, and the vacancy filled as in other cases. Sm:. 3. That no certiiicate shall be granted to any person to teach in Teachcrs’certiH· the public schools of the District of Columbia or Territories, ation- the camiirst; day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, who has not passed a satisfactory examination in physiology and hygiene, with special reference to the nature and the eifects of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics upon the human system. Approved, May 20, 1886. CHAP. 363.-An act to authorize the Covington qual Cincinnati Elevated Railway May 20, 1886. and Bridge Company to erect a bridge across the 01110 River. --——————-· Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State: of America in Congress assembled, That the Covington and Cin- _C0yiugton und nati Elevated Railway, Transfer and`B1•idge Company, and its success- Ed¤£9r¤**E,},°"¤*·· sors or assigns, are hereby authorized and empowered to erect; sx bridge for °fuY“{g,f3';°; across the Ohio River between Covington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, go, ,my.°,·iw; to Ohio, subject to the limitations and restrictions of the general law reg- bridge the 0 h to ulating the construction of bridges over the Ohio River: Provided, how- 8:;: * "£°¤ ever, That said bridge shall not becf less elevation than the Covington an d Cmhimftgz and Cincinnati suspension bridge, and may be constructed without a omo. pivot draw·spa¤. $3}. E: p. Approved, May 20, 1886. Pmuo.P CHAP. 376.--An act for the completion of a public building an Wichita, Kansas. my 94, 1886, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprematativea of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the additional sum of fifty wi¤1rm,1;m;¤. thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for the completion of a suit- P!1*>P¤ ¥tz¤1id¤¤!£· able building, with me-proof vaults therein, for the accommodation of ° °°°‘° “" the post-0E0e, United States courts, and other Government odiccs, at the city of Wichi State of Kansas, to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, xhjeet to the requirements of an act for that pprpose approved March third, eighteen hundred and eightyiivv. The hmxt of \’c¤.2¤*.1»-117.