Chapter CLXXVII. making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes
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Chap. CLXXVII.— An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes.July 20, 1868. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatCivil expenses appropriation. the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, viz.— 111FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 177. 1868. *Miscellaneous*.—For necessary expenses in carrying into effect the several acts of Congress authorizing loans and the issue of treasury notes, one million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That none of the said sum shall be used to pay commissions for the purchase, sale, or conversion of the bonds or notes of the United States: *And provided further,* That all necessary letterpress printing and bookbinding, in all the departments and bureaus, shall be done and executed at the government printing-office, and not elsewhere, except registered bonds and written records, which may be bound as heretofore at the department ForExpenses of loans and treasury notes;no part for commissions.Printing and binding to be done at government office, except, &c.Supervising and local inspectors of steamboats.1852, ch. 106.Vol. x. p. 61.Limit to amount for travel.Special agent.Annual meeting of supervising inspectors.Furniture and repair of instruments. carrying out the provisions of the acts of the thirtieth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the better protection of the lives of passengers on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and of the acts amendatory thereof, the following sums, to wit:
For the salaries of the supervising and local inspectors, eighty thousand four hundred dollars; for the travelling expenses of the supervising inspectors, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That no supervising inspector shall be allowed for travel in his district in any one year a greater sum that one thousand dollars; for the travelling expenses of the local inspectors, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided further,* That no local inspector shall be allowed for travel in any one year a greater sum than five hundred dollars.
For the travelling expenses of a special agent of the department, one thousand five hundred dollars; for the expenses of the meeting of the board of supervising inspectors, including travel, printing of manual and report, three thousand five hundred dollars, and there shall be but one meeting annually of the said board, which shall be at the city of Washington on the second Wednesday of January in each year; for stationery, for furniture of offices and repair thereof, for repair and transportation of instruments, and for fuel and lights, fifteen thousand dollars.
ForTelegraph between Atlantic and Pacific States. facilitating communication between the Atlantic and pacific States by electrical telegraph, forty thousand dollars. ForDetection of counterfeiting and frauds. expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting treasury notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other frauds upon the government, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
ToCollection of claims due the United States. meet expenses incurred in the prosecution and collection of claims due the United States, fifteen thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury. ForSick and disabled seamen.Details of amounts collected and expended to be given.1802, ch. 51.Vol. ii. p. 192. supplying deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall communicate at each annual session of Congress a full and complete statement in detail of the amounts collected from seamen, and also the amount expended for sick and disabled seamen, in accordance with the provisions of the act of May third, eighteen hundred and two.
ForRevision, &c. of statutes.Commissioners. printing, &c.1866, ch. 140.Vol. xiv. p. 74. salaries of commissioners under “An act to provide for the revision and consolidation of the statute laws of the United States,” approved June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for clerical services and other incidental expenses, the printing to be done by the government printing-office, seventeen thousand dollars. ForMessengers conveying electoral vote of States. payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveying to the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
TowardsRebuilding military asylum near Augusta, Me.Proviso. rebuilding the United States Military Asylum for disabled soldiers at Togus, near Augusta, Maine, destroyed by accidental fire, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the building shall be completed without any further appropriation by the government. ForCongressional Globe and Appendix. the payment for the Congressional Globe and Appendix, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, twenty112 thousand dollars; to be taken from the appropriation heretofore made and unexpended for the purchase of one complete set of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each senator and representative who has not already received them. *Survey of the Coast*.—ForAppropriation for coast survey.Atlantic and Gulf coasts. the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
ForWestern coast. continuing the survey of the western coast of the United States, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. ForPublishing observations, &c. publishing the observations made in the progress of the coast survey of the United States, including compensation of civilians employed in the work, five thousand dollars. ForEngineers for steamers used in coast survey.1858, ch. 154.Vol. xi. p. 320. pay and rations of engineers for steamers used in the hydrography of the coast survey, no longer supplied by the Navy Department, per act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and fifty-eight, ten thousand dollars.
ForVessels. repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in the coast survey, thirty thousand dollars. *Northern and Northwestern Lakes*.—ForNorthern and northwestern lakes. the survey of northern and northwestern lakes, seventy-five thousand dollars. *Lighthouse Establishment*.—ForLighthouse establishment. the Atlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific coasts, viz.— ForAtlantic, Gulf, Lake, and Pacific coasts. supplying the lighthouses and beacon-lights with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, chamois skins, whiting, spirits of wine, polishing powder, cleaning towels, brushes, and other necessary expenses of the same, and repairing and keeping in repair the lighting apparatus, two hundred and forty-six thousand dollars:Lighthouse at Trowbridge Point in Thunder Bay, Michigan;Vol. xiv. p. 425.at Bailey’s Harbor, Lake Michigan. *Provided,* That the lighthouse board be, and hereby is, authorized to apply the amount heretofore appropriated ‘'for building a lighthouse on a proper site at Trowbridge Point, in Thunder Bay, in the State of Michigan,” to building a lighthouse on a ' more eligible site, if such can be found in the immediate vicinity: *And provided further,* That the appropriation now available for rebuilding the lighthouse at Bailey’s Harbor, Lake Michigan, be applied to the erection of a new structure between that point and North Bay, and upon its completion the light at Bailey’s Harbor shall be discontinued.
ForRepairs and incidental expenses. the necessary repairs and incidental expenses, improving and refitting lighthouses and buildings connected therewith, two hundred thousand dollars. ForKeepers of lighthouses, beacons, and light-vessels. salaries of five hundred and eighty-nine keepers of lighthouses and lighted beacons, and their assistants, four hundred and eighty-seven thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars. For salaries of keepers of light-vessels, twenty-one thousand three hundred dollars.
ForSeamen’s wages, &c. seamen’s wages, repairs, supplies, and incidental expenses, of twenty-four light-vessels, two hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. ForBeacons and buoys. expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, remooring, and supplying losses of beacons and buoys, and for chains and sinkers for the same, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. ForFog signals. repairs and incidental expenses of refitting and improving fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, twenty thousand dollars.
ForInspection of lights. expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation, two thousand dollars. ForRose Island. a lighted beacon on Rose Island, Narraganset Bay, seven thousand five hundred dollars. ForWatch Hill, &c. repairs and renovations at Watch Hill, North Dumpling, and Say-brook light-station, Connecticut, ten thousand dollars. 113 ForEaton’s Neck. a fog-signal at Eaton’s neck light station, three thousand dollars. ForSuccess Rock. the erection of a permanent buoy on Success Rock, Long Island Sound, three thousand dollars.
ForBrockway's Reach, &c. repairs and renovations at Brockway’s Reach and Bordeo’s Flats beacons, eleven thousand four hundred dollars. ForBarnegat. protecting the lighthouse site at Barnegat, New Jersey, seven thousand dollars. ForDelaware Breakwater. a new lantern at Delaware Breakwater light-station, two thousand dollars. ForSullivan's Island. range lights on Sullivan’s Island, Charleston Harbor, fifteen thousand dollars. ForOyster Rocks. day beacons on Oyster Rocks, mouth of Savannah River, two thousand dollars.
ForCape Canaveral. rebuilding the lighthouse at Cape Canaveral, Florida, and fitting it up with a first-order catadioptric light, in addition to former appropriations, thirty thousand dollars. ForKeepers at Timbalier lighthouse. reimbursing the keepers at Timbalier lighthouse the loss of their private property, destroyed with the lighthouse, four hundred dollars. ForBailey’s Harbor. range lights at Bailey’s Harbor, Wisconsin, six thousand dollars. ForBeaver Island. repairs and renovations at Beaver Island light station, five thousand dollars.
ForMichigan Island. renovating and relighting the lighthouse on Michigan Island, Lake Superior, six thousand dollars. ForCopper Harbor.Fog-bell. a range of lights for Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, with a fog-bell or such other ear-signal as the Secretary of the Treasury on the recommendation of the lighthouse board may adopt, in addition to former appropriations, five thousand dollars. ForPoint Ano Nuevo. a first-order lighthouse at Point Ano Nuevo, or vicinity, California, ninety thousand dollars.
ForSteam lighthouse tender, for California; a steam lighthouse tender for the twelfth district, to replace the one wrecked on the coast of California, ninety thousand dollars. ForAtlantic and Gulf coasts. one buoy and lighthouse tender for service on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, forty thousand dollars. ForExperiments with new illuminating apparatus and fog signals. enabling the lighthouse board to experiment with new illuminating apparatus and fog-signals, in addition to former appropriations, one thousand dollars.
ForReestablishing lights, &c. on Southern coast. enabling the lighthouse board to reestablish lights and other aids to navigation on the southern coast, in addition to former appropriations, one hundred thousand dollars. Forlifesaving stations on Long Island and New Jersey; compensation of two superintendents of the lifesaving stations on the coast of Long Island and New Jersey, three thousand dollars. ForNarraganset Beach. a lifeboat and station at the south end of Narraganset Beach, Rhode Island, two thousand dollars.
ForKeepers of stations. compensation of fifty-four keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. ForContingencies. contingencies of lifesaving stations on the coast of the United States, ten thousand dollars. *Revenue Gutter Service*.—ForRevenue cutter service.Expenses of revenue marine, how to be paid. pay of officers and pilots, four hundred and eight thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided,* That hereafter no expenses of the revenue marine shall be paid out of any other fund than that herein specified.
For rations for officers and pilots, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars. For pay of petty officers and crew, three hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For rations for petty officers and crew, one hundred and thirty-three thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars. For fuel, one hundred thousand dollars. For repairs and outfits, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. 114 ForFive of the six steam revenue cutters on the lakes, to be laid up, &c. supplies of shipchandlery, fifty thousand eight hundred dollars.
For commutation for quarters, five thousand dollars. For travelling expenses, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That five of the six steam revenue cutters stationed upon the northern and northwestern lakes and their tributaries shall be laid up,Certain revenue cutters to be withdrawn from Atlantic coast. and that no more of the money appropriated by this act shall be paid on their account than so much as may be necessary for their safe and proper care and keeping; and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to lay up and withdraw from commission every revenue cutter off the Atlantic coast, bays, [and] gulfs, not actually required and needed for constant service. *Construction Branch of the Treasury Department*.—ForConstruction branch of Treasury Department. the construction of a customhouse at Portland, Maine, one hundred thousand dollars.
ForPortland, Me. Saint Paul. the construction of a building, to be used as customhouse and post-office, at Saint Paul, Minnesota, fifty thousand dollars. ForNew York. the construction of a barge office at New York, fifty thousand dollars. ForPortland. the construction of a building, to be used as a courthouse and post-office, at Portland, Maine, fifty thousand dollars. ForPhiladelphia. the construction of appraisers’ stores at Philadelphia, fifty thousand dollars. ForDes Moines. the construction of a public building at Des Moines, Iowa, for a courthouse, post-office, and the accommodation of officers of the United States, eighty-nine thousand and eight dollars.
ForMadison. the construction of a public building at Madison, Wisconsin, for a courthouse, post-office, and the accommodation of officers of the United States, fifty thousand dollars. ForPortland, Oregon. construction of a public building for a customhouse, United States courtroom, and post-office, at Portland, Oregon, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That said building, when completed, shall not cost more than one hundred thousand dollars. ForProviso. the construction of a public building at Springfield, Illinois, for a courthouse, post-office, and the accommodation of officers of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
ForSpringfield, Ill. completion of the extension and repairs of the customhouse at Bangor, Maine, twenty thousand dollars. ForBangor. the construction of post-office and customhouse at Cairo, Illinois, forty-nine thousand dollars. ForCairo. the completion of the customhouse and post-office building at Ogdensburg, New York, forty thousand dollars. ForOgdensburg. repairs and preservation of customhouses and other public buildings, fifty thousand dollars. ForRepairs, &c. of public buildings. furniture and repairs of furniture for the same, twenty thousand dollars.
ForFurniture. heating apparatus for customhouses and other public buildings, thirty-five thousand dollars. For vaults and safes for depositaries, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForHeating. vaults for north wing of treasury building, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForVaults and safes. fitting up fixtures and furniture for the north wing of treasury building, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForNorth wing of treasury building. the north wing of the treasury building and the approaches, including fittings and fixtures, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
ForRepairs, &c. of treasury building. repairs of the east front, and incidental repairs of the entire building, fifteen thousand dollars. ForBranch mint at Carson City, Nevada.Mint and branches to refine bullion, and not to contract to exchange, &c. completion of the branch mint building at Carson City, Nevada, fencing the grounds, and for machinery, fixtures, and apparatus, and for putting up the same, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the mint of the United States, and branches, shall continue to refine gold and silver bullion, and no contract to exchange crude or unparted, bullion for refined bars shall be made until authorized by law. 115 Interior Department. *Rent of Office for Surveyors-General:* ForInterior Department.Offices for surveyor-general in Oregon; rent of surveyor-general’s office in Oregon, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, including pay of messenger, one thousand dollars.
ForCalifornia and Arizona; rent of surveyor-general’s office of California and Arizona, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, including pay of messenger, two thousand dollars. ForWashington Territory; office rent for the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. ForKansas; office rent of the surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
ForIowa and Nebraska; office rent of the surveyor-general of Iowa and Nebraska, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForDakota; rent of surveyor-general’s office in the Territory of Dakota, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. ForColorado and Utah; rent of office the surveyor-general of Colorado and Utah Territories, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars.
ForIdaho; rent of office of the surveyor-general of Idaho, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. ForNevada; rent of office for the surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars. ForMontana. rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. *Mining*.—ForStatistics of mines, &c. collecting statistics of mines and mining, twenty-five hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office.
ForSee *post,* pp. 306, 349. expenses of receiving, arranging, and taking care of copyright books, charts, and other copyright matter, one thousand eight hundred dollars, to be paid out of the patent-office fund. *Public Works under the Supervision of the Architect of the Capitol Extension*.—ForReceiving, &c copyright books, &c. repairing and finishing the capitol extension, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no improvements, alterations, or repairs of the capitol building shall be made except by direction and under the supervision of the architect of the capitol extension.
ForPublic works, supervised by architect of capitol extension.Capitol extension.Proviso. the repairing and finishing the work on the new dome of the Capitol, five thousand dollars. ForDome of Capitol. painting the exterior of the eastern portion of the City Hall in Washington, fourteen hundred dollars. ForCity Hall. resetting steps, calking cornice, and painting, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For repairing rough-casting and other plastering, one hundred dollars. For repairs to tin roof and rain-spouts, two hundred dollars.
For sundry brick and carpenter’s work, three hundred and fifty dollars. ForCourt-room.Proviso. renovating and ventilating courtroom, four hundred dollars: *Provided,* That the corporate authorities of the city of Washington appropriate and expend a like sum for painting and repairs of the western portion of said building. ForAnnual repairs. the annual repairs, such as painting, glazing, keeping roofs in order, also water pipes, pavements, and approaches to public buildings, fifteen thousand dollars.
ForPatent-office building and G street. continuing the work on the north front of the patent-office building, and for improving G Street from Seventh to Ninth Streets, ten thousand dollars. *Smithsonian Institution*.—ForSmithsonian Institution. the preservation of the collections of the exploring and surveying expeditions of the government, four thousand dollars. 116 *Metropolitan Police*.—ForMetropolitan police.Cities of Washington and Georgetown and Washington County to pay certain sum, and in what proportion.Special tax therefor. salaries and other necessary expenses of the metropolitan police for the District of Columbia, two hundred and eleven thousand and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That a further sum, amounting to one hundred and five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars, shall be paid to the said metropolitan police force by the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the county of Washington, (beyond the limits of said cities,) in the District of Columbia, in the proportion corresponding to the number of patrolmen allotted severally to said precincts; and the corporate authorities of said cities and the levy court of said county are hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax, not exceeding one third of one per centum, to be appropriated and expended for said purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. *Expenses of the Collection of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands*.—ForExpenses of collecting revenue from sales of public lands.Registers and receivers.Incidental expenses. salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of public moneys at sixty-six land offices, two hundred and forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars.
For incidental expenses of the land offices, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars. *Surveying the Public Lands*.—ForSurveying public lands in Minnesota; surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. Forin Dakota; surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, including the lands along the Red River of the North, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars.
Forin Nebraska; surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, six dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. Forin Kansas; surveying the public lands in Kansas, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, six dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. Forin Idaho; surveying the public lands in Idaho, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars.
Forin Colorado; surveying the public lands in Colorado, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. Forboundary line between Colorado and Nebraska; surveying the boundary line between the State of Nebraska and Territory of Colorado, and that portion of the western boundary of the State of Nebraska embraced between the forty-first and forty-third degrees of latitude, estimated three hundred and twenty miles, at not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile, four thousand eight hundred dollars; to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office.
Forin Nevada; surveying the public lands in Nevada, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. Forin Arizona; surveying the public lands in Arizona, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, five thousand dollars. Forin California; surveying the public lands in California, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars.
Forin Oregon;Proviso. surveying the public lands in Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That out of this appropriation the commissioner of the general land office may pay a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars for surveys of last year. 117 ForSurveying public lands in Washington Territory; surveying the public lands in Washington Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars.
Forin New Mexico, surveying the public lands in New Mexico, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, five thousand dollars. Forin Montana; surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. Forin Utah; surveying the public lands in Utah Territory, at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars.
Forin Florida; surveying public lands in the State of Florida, ten thousand dollars. ForEastern boundary of Nevada. surveying the eastern boundary of Nevada, estimated four hundred and twenty-five miles, at not exceeding twenty-five dollars per mile, ten thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of the general land office. *Public Buildings and Grounds*.—ForRepairs, &c. of public buildings and grounds. repairs and improvements of public buildings and grounds heretofore under the direction of the commissioner of public buildings, to wit:— ForNavy yard and bridges. casual repairs of the navy yard and upper bridges, three thousand dollars.
For repairs and taking care of the bridge at or near the Little Falls of the Potomac River, twenty-six thousand dollars. For repairs of the Long Bridge across the Potomac River, fifteen thousand dollars. ForPresident’s house and grounds, public squares, reservations, &c. fuel for the President’s House, five thousand dollars. For improvement and care of reservation number two and Lafayette Square, two thousand dollars. For care and improvement of grounds south of the President’s House, one thousand dollars.
For extra labor in removing snow and ice from the pavements and public walks, five hundred dollars. For repair of water-pipes, one thousand dollars. For manure for the public grounds and reservations, and cartage of the same, two thousand dollars. For care of reservations on New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Maryland avenues, three thousand dollars. For painting iron fences around the public squares and reservations, three thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the President’s House, five thousand dollars.
For flowerpots, glasses, twine, and so forth, one thousand dollars. For fuel at the centre building of the capitol, one thousand five hundred dollars. For care of the circle, one thousand dollars. For laying pavement through the mall along Sixth Street south, opened by act of Congress approved March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two thousand dollars. ForConservatory. additional repairs of conservatory at the President’s House, and for supplying the same with a suitable collection of plants to replace those destroyed by fire, five thousand dollars.
For completing the culvert through the botanic garden, thirteen thousand dollars. For the further improvement of Lincoln Square, eight thousand dollars. ForCarts and tools. hire of carts on the public grounds, three thousand dollars. For purchase and repairs of tools used in the public grounds, one thousand dollars. ForTrees and tree-boxes. purchase of trees and tree-boxes, to replace, when necessary, such 118 as have been planted by the United States, to whitewash tree-boxes and fences, and to repair pavements in front of the public grounds, three thousand dollars.
ForLighting Capitol, &c. lighting the capitol and President’s House and public grounds around them and around the executive offices, thirty thousand dollars. For pay of lamplighters, gas fitting, plumbing, lampposts, lanterns, glass, paints, matches, materials and repairs of all sorts, five thousand dollars. For improvement of capitol grounds, two thousand dollars. ForWater pipes. continuing the United States twenty-inch water main from its present terminus in north B Street on the east side of Delaware Avenue to the United States twelve-inch main on First Street east, ten thousand dollars.
ForStationery, &c. purchase of stationery, books, maps, plans, office furniture and contingents of the office, three thousand dollars. ToOffice of registry of deeds of District of Columbia. enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for fitting necessary shelving, and for record books furnished or ordered for the office of register of deeds of the District of Columbia, during the period when Edward C. Eddie was such register, five hundred and fifty dollars. ToWilliam H. West, for care of bonds held for Smithsonian Institution. pay William H.
West for services rendered in taking care of and keeping safely the bonds held in trust by the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefit of the Smithsonian Institution, from March first, eighteen hundred and fifty, to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the Smithsonian fund. ToAlphabetical list of private claims. enable the secretary of the Senate to complete the alphabetical list of private claims to the end of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress, and to pay outstanding claims for services rendered in the preparation of said work under a resolution of the Senate of March sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousand dollars.
ThatExpenses of joint committee on ordnance. the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the joint committee on ordnance, and that the same shall be drawn from the treasury, upon the order of the secretary of the Senate, as it shall be required; and any portion of the amount hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by the said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or other persons employed in its service, for per diem travelling or other necessary expenses, and paid by the secretary of the Senate, in pursuance of the orders of said joint committee, shall be accordingly credited and allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department.
ToMrs. Sarah F. Ames, for bust of President Lincoln. enable the joint committee on the library to pay Mrs. Sarah F. Ames an additional compensation for her marble bust of President Lincoln, five hundred dollars. ForImpeachment trial. expenses of the trial of the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, six thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate. ForPurchase of sites for schoolhouses, and maintenance of schools in the County of Washington;how to be expended. the purchasing of suitable sites for the erection of additional schoolhouses, and for the maintenance of schools in the county of Washington, outside of the limits of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, the same to be expended under the direction of the levy court of the county of Washington, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSurvey of lands in Osage Indian reservation. there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand two hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay balance due for the survey of lands embraced in the Osage Indian reservation, in the State of Kansas, under contract dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, the said sum to be returned to the treasury out of the pro-119ceeds of the sale of said lands, as provided by treaties with said Indians.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* ThatAppropriation for survey of Indian reservations in Utah Territory;1864, ch. 77.Vol. xiii. p. 68. the sum of seven thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay for the balance due for surveying several Indian reservations in Utah Territory; the survey of which was provided for by act of Congress approved May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* Thatof Osage Indian trust lands ceded to the United States.Vol. xiv. p. 688. the sum of thirty-nine thousand and fourteen dollars and sixty-three cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not heretofore appropriated, to pay for the survey of the Osage Indian trust lands ceded to the United States under treaty concluded September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, upon a contract made with the general land office under date of September eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and another contract for another portion of said trust lands, dated May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven; which survey is according to the provisions of the second article of treaty concluded with said tribe September twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSurvey of lands in the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation.Vol. xiv. p. 667. 1866, ch. 296.Vol. xiv. p. 318. there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of three thousand three hundred and sixty-two dollars and three cents to pay the balance due for the survey of the lands embraced in the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservation in the State of Nebraska, under contract dated August fourteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, as provided by a treaty with the Omaha Indians and authorized by act of Congress approved July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* ThatGeological explorations of public lands.1867, ch. 168, § 2.Vol. xiv. p. 470. the commissioner of the general land office is hereby authorized to continue the extension of the geological explorations as begun in Nebraska under the provisions of the second section of the deficiency act of Congress, approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, United States Statutes, eighteen hundred and sixty-six and eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, page four hundred and seventy, to other portions of the public lands; and for that purpose the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* ThatCommissioner of patents to rent rooms for business of office.Moneys received at patent office to be paid into the treasury without deduction.Appropriation for salaries, &c.Commissioner to give detailed statement of moneys received and expended. the commissioner of patents be authorized to rent, under the direction of the committees on patents of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, such rooms as may be necessary for the speedy and convenient transaction of the business of the office: *Provided,* That all the moneys standing to the credit of the “ patent fund,” or in the hands of the commissioner of patents, and all moneys hereafter received at the patent office, for any purpose, or from any source whatever, shall be paid into the treasury as received, without any deduction whatever; and the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for salaries and miscellaneous and contingent expenses of the patent office, and for withdrawals, and for *monies *[moneys] paid by mistake, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior.
And it shall be the duty of the commissioner of patents to communicate to Congress at the commencement of every December session a full and detailed account of moneys received for duties on patents and for copies of records and drawings, and all other moneys received by virtue of said office; and of all moneys expended by him under and by virtue of this provision for said contingent and miscellaneous expenses, and for salaries, and the names of the persons to whom such salaries are paid, and the amount thereof paid to each. 120FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 177, 178. 1868. Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* ThatSpecial tax for public school houses and schools for Washington, Georgetown, and Washington County. the city of Georgetown, the city of Washington, and the levy court of the county of Washington, District of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, authorized to levy and collect a special tax on the taxable property within their respective jurisdictions, for the erection of schoolhouses and the support of public schools, not exceeding fifty cents on each one hundred dollars for any one year, to be assessed and collected as other taxes.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* ThatLaws regulating price of labor at government printingoffice repealed.Price how determined. all laws and parts of laws that regulate the prices of labor in the government printing office be, and the same are hereby, repealed; and it shall be the duty of the congressional printer to contract with the persons in that employment at such prices as are for the interest of the government, and are just to those employed. Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPayments to Maine and Massachusetts, under treaty of Washington, for land assigned to settlers.Vol. viii. p. 574.Settlers to be first quieted in their possession. for the purpose of executing the fourth article of the treaty of Washington, concluded on the ninth day of August, eighteen hundred and forty-two, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the State of Maine for ninety-one thousand one hundred and twenty-five acres of land assigned by said State to settlers under said article, a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre; and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for twenty-six thousand one hundred and fifty acres of land a sum equal to one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre: *Provided,* That before said sums are paid the States of Maine and Massachusetts shall agree with the United States that the settlers upon their public lands in the late disputed territory in Maine entitled to be quieted in their possession, as ascertained by commissions heretofore instituted by said States, shall have been or shall be quieted by a release of the title of the said States.
Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* ThatPenitentiary in Colorado.Proviso. the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, is authorized to expend the appropriation heretofore made for the purpose of erecting a penitentiary for the Territory of Colorado, on the site belonging to and provided by the said Territory for the purpose: *Provided,* That no part of this property shall be sold or transferred without the consent of the United States first had and received. Approved, July 20, 1868.