Chapter CXXIII. *making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes*
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CHAP. CXXIII.— An Act *making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other Purposes*. March 3, 1869. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Deficiency appropriation for the service of the government during the year ending June 30, 1869. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine:
For the contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, and the severalContingencies of Treasury Department. bureaus, namely: For fuel, light, gas, labor, and contingent expenses of the treasury building and five other buildings occupied by the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars. And after the present fiscal year there shall only be employed and paidProvision for general care and superintendence of buildings used by the Treasury Department.Officers, clerks, laborers, &c. and their pay. for labor in the treasury building and the five other buildings used by the department, for lighting, cleaning, and general care and superintendence thereof, the following persons, to wit: one superintendent, at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars a year; one clerk of class four and one clerk of class one; one engineer in charge of heating apparatus, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars a year; five firemen, at a salary of six hundred dollars each per year; one machinist and gas-fitter, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per year; one captain of the watch, at a salary of fourteen hundred dollars per year; one storekeeper, at a salary of one thousand dollars per year; thirty *watchman*, [watchmen,]See Vol. xvi. p. 12, for appropriation. at a salary of eight hundred and twenty dollars each per year; thirty laborers, at a salary of six hundred dollars each per year; seventy women, as cleaners, at a salary of one hundred and eighty dollars each per year: *And it is hereby provided*, That no account for contingent expenses atAccounts for contingent expenses of bureaus of Treasury not to be allowed, except, &c.Superintendent to keep accounts.Secretary of Treasury to transmit accounts to Congress.Expenditure for furniture and repairs. any of the bureaus of the Treasury Department shall hereafter be allowed, except on the certificate of the general superintendent of the treasury buildings that they are necessary and proper, and that the prices paid are just and reasonable; and the said superintendent shall keep a full, just, and accurate account in detail of all amounts expended under the head of contingent expenses for the several bureaus of the Treasury Department, which shall be transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of the Treasury at every December session.
And the expenditure for furniture and repairs for the same shall be made by the said superintendent, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury; and it shall be the duty of said superintendent to keep a just and accurate account in detail of all the amounts paid for the purchase of furniture, and also for the repairs thereof, as well as a full statement of the disposition of the old furniture; all of which shall be transmitted to Congress at everyNo part of appropriation for contingent, &c. expenses to be paid for clerk hire, &c.
December session thereof by the Secretary of the Treasury: *And provided further*, That no part of the appropriations made by this or any subsequent act for contingent and incidental expenses shall be paid for clerk-hire, messengers, or laborers. To complete the north wing of the treasury building and approaches,North wing of treasury building. including all liabilities, one hundred and sixty-three thousand five hun-312FORTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 123. 1869.dred Extra pay for disbursing moneys for any public building not to exceed, &c.and nine dollars and twenty cents:
Provided, That no extra compensation exceeding one eighth of one per centum in any case shall hereafter be allowed to any officer, person, or corporation, for disbursing any moneys appropriated to the construction of any public building. Repairs, &c. of public buildings.For repairs and preservation of public buildings, thirty-five thousand dollars. Expenses of loans and treasury notes.No work to be done for private parties.For necessary expenses in carrying into effect the several acts of Congress, authorizing loans and the issue of treasury notes, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no work shall be done in the engraving and printing bureau for private parties.
Sick and disabled seamen.For supplying deficiency in the fund for the relief of sick and disabled seamen, fifty thousand dollars. Patent office.For amount required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for salary, miscellaneous, and other expenses of the United States patent office for the month[s] of March, April, May. and June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, two hundred thousand dollars. Expenses of courts.No part for counsel, &c.For amount required to supply deficiency in the appropriation for expenses of courts, five hundred thousand dollars; and no part of this appropriation shall be paid to employ and retain counsel to assist district attorneys.
Survey of Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts.For the survey of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, forty thousand dollars. *House of Representatives*.— House of Representatives. Folding documents.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for folding documents, eighty thousand dollars. Laborers.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for laborers, nine thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars. Joint committee on retrenchment.How to be disbursed.To defray the expenses of the joint committee on retrenchment, four, thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, That said sum shall be drawn from the treasury upon the order of the secretary of the Senate as the same shall be required, and any portion of the amount hereby appropriated that shall be allowed by said joint committee to witnesses attending before it, or persons employed in its service, for per d[i]em travelling, or other necessary expenses, and paid by said secretary in pursuance of the orders of said committee, shall be accordingly allowed by the accounting officers of the treasury.
Congressional Globe and Appendix.To pay balance due for the twenty-four copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each representative and delegate, and one hundred copies for House library, in the second session of the fortieth Congress, eighteen thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. To pay for twenty-four copies of the Congressional Globe and Appendix for each representative and delegate, and one hundred copies for the House library, and for pages in excess of fifteen hundred, in the third session of the fortieth Congress, twenty-six thousand four hundred and fifty-two dollars.
Reporting and printing debates in Daily Globe.Sets for new members.1864. ch. 250. Vol. xiii. p. 392.To pay for reporting and printing the debates and proceedings in the Daily Globe, two thousand seven hundred and thirty dollars. To pay for complete setts of the Congressional Globe and Appendix For the new members entitled to receive the same under the law of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, seven thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars. For Congressional Globe and Appendix, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and forty-two dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary to complete the work under the contract expiring March fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine. *Senate Deficiency*.— Senate deficiency.
For clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carryalls, thirty thousand dollars. For heating and ventilating, five thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, fifteen thousand dollars. For stationery, five thousand dollars. 313 For additional messengers, three thousand five hundred dollars. For folding documents and materials, five thousand dollars. For *stationary* [stationery] and newspapers for senators for the third session of the fortieth Congress, nine thousand dollars. governments in the territories.
Governments in the Territories. *Dakota*.— Dakota. 1867, ch. 150, §3. Vol. xiv. p. 426. For amount required to pay the increased salaries to the judges of Dakota Territory, authorized by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two thousand one hundred dollars. *Idaho Territory*.— Idaho. For amount required to pay increased salaries to the judges of the Territory of Idaho, authorized by act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, three thousand dollars.
For refunding to the appropriation for the legislative expenses of Idaho Territory the amount advanced from this fund and not accounted for by the secretary of said Territory, thirty-eight thousand dollars. *Montana Territory*.— Montana. For amount required to pay the increased salaries of the judges authorized by the act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two thousand five hundred dollars. For amount required to pay outstanding liabilities on account of compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses of the assembly, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That from and after the thirtieth June next the salaries of theSalaries of the judges of Utah Territory established. judges of Utah Territory shall be the same as now paid to judges in Idaho and Montana Territories. *Wyoming Territory*.— Wyoming.
For expenses of the Territory from January first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, namely: For governor, one thousand five hundred dollars. For chief justice and two associate justices, at two thousand five hundredPay of officers not to commence until they are commissioned and qualified. dollars each, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided*, That the compensation of the said officers of the saif Territory of Wyoming shall not commence until they have been commissioned and qualified.
For secretary, nine hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, five hundred dollars. *Department of State*.— Department of State. For blank-books, stationery, book-cases, arms of the United States, seals, presses, flags, postages, and miscellaneous expenses of the consuls of the United States, including loss by exchange, fifteen thousand dollars. *For the incidental and contingent Expenses of the Department of State*.— Incidental and contingent expenses of State Department.
For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, two thousand dollars. *For the general Purposes of the Building occupied by the Department of State*.— Building occupied by Department of State. For rent, fuel, alterations, watchmen and laborers, twelve thousand dollars. For salary of solicitor and judge advocate of the Navy Department,Solicitor and judge advocate of Navy Department. from March fourth to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, eleven hundred and sixty-seven dollars.
For the continuation of the work on the United States court-house andCourt-house, &c. at Madison. post-office at Madison, Wisconsin, twenty-five thousand dollars. For the construction of basin and new dock barge office at New York,Basin and barge office, New York. twenty-five thousand dollars. For the construction of a public building at Springfield, Illinois, for aBuilding at Springfield, Illinois. court-house and post-office, and the accommodation of officers of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For construction of appraisers’ stores at Philadelphia, thirty-sevenAppraisers’ stores at Philadelphia. thousand five hundred dollars. For the continuation of the work on the public building at Cairo,Building at Cairo, Ill.314 Illinois, to be used for a post-office, custom-house, and United States court-room, twenty-five thousand dollars. Custom house at St. Paul;For construction of custom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota, twenty-five thousand dollars. Ogdensburgh.For construction of custom-house at Ogdensburgh, New York, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
Marine hospital, Chicago.For continuing the work on the marine hospital at Chicago, twenty-five thousand dollars. Custom-house at San Francisco.For repairs of custom-house at San Francisco, seven thousand five hundred dollars. *Patent-Office Building*.— Patent-office building. For casual repairs of the patent-office building, five thousand dollars. *Post-Office Department*.— Post-Office Department. For compensation of the superintendent of Pay of superintendent of foreign mails;foreign mails from August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, two thousand seven hundred and forty-seven dollars and twenty-eight cents.
For compensation to the of money-order system;superintendent of the money-order system from July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-seven cents. For of chief of division of dead-letter office;compensation of chief of division of the dead-letter office from August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, two thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars clerks.and forty cents.
For compensation of one clerk of class four, and two clerks of class three, from August first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, four thousand five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and eighty-one cents. Deficiency in revenues of 1868.For amount required to meet a deficiency in the revenues of the PostOffice Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, seven hundred and forty-one thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars and eighty-five cents.
Anticipated deficiency in 1869.For amount required to meet an anticipated deficiency in the revenues of the Post-Office Department for the current fiscal year, three million seven hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars. Government building corner F and Seven-teenth streets.To supply deficiency in the appropriations for government building at the corner of F and Seventeenth streets, for fuel and compensation of firemen, for repairs and for miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars.
Lighting Capitol, President’s house and public grounds.To supply the deficiency in the appropriation for lighting the Capitol and President’s house, and the public grounds around them, and around the executive offices, twelve thousand dollars. *War Department*.— War Department. For regular supplies of the quartermasters’ department, two million five hundred thousand dollars. Quartermasters’ departmentFor incidental expenses of the quartermasters’ department, five hundred thousand dollars.
Cavalry and artillery horses.For horses for cavalry and artillery, one million five hundred thousand dollars. Transportation.For transportation of officers’ baggage, one hundred thousand dollars. Barracks and quarters.For transportation of the army and its supplies, seven million dollars. For barracks and quarters, one million dollars. Medical and hospital department.For medical and hospital department, fifty thousand dollars. For contingencies of the army, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For medical and hospital department, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Secret service fund.Proviso.For secret service fund, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the three last-named sums are appropriated for the purpose of enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to settle accounts of disbursing officers for expenditures already made in pursuance of law, and shall not make any actual disbursement, but merely a transfer on the books of the treasury. 315 FORTIETH CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Ch. 123, 124. 1869. *Navy Department*.— To supply a deficiency for provisions for theNavy Department.Marine corps. marine corps for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, forty-two thousand dollars. To supply a deficiency for provisions for the marine corps for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, fifty-six thousand dollars. *Miscellaneous*.— Miscellaneous.Pensions. 1868, ch. 264, § 14.*Ante*, p. 237.Soldiers’ graves.
To carry out the provisions of section fourteen of an act relating to pensions, approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, fifteen thousand dollars. For collecting, preparing, and printing the proceedings at the decoration of the soldiers’ graves, under resolution of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, two thousand dollars. For supplying deficiency in compensation of register and receiver inLand office in Boise City, Idaho. land office in Boise City, Idaho Territory, office rent, and purchase of furniture, six thousand three hundred and twenty-four dollars.
For necessary repairs and furniture for the office of the register ofOffice of register of deeds in the District of Columbia. deeds of the District of Columbia, three hundred and fifty dollars. For a sufficient amount to pay the regular salary of the present ministerPay of salary withheld from minister resident at Portugal. resident at Portugal, and the exchange thereon, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, so long as the same was withheld from him. For the relief of the two bands of Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians,Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Indians.How to be expended. on the reservations at Lake Traverse and Devil’s Lake, Dakota Territory, to be expended under the direction of the Reverend H.
B. Whipple in the purchase of tools, food, seeds, cattle, agricultural implements, and other articles necessary for Indians, and for the construction of houses, sixty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the said Whipple shallStatement of expenditures to be made. make a full, detailed, and accurate statement to the commissioner of Indian affairs (who shall transmit the same to Congress) of the maimer in which the amount hereby appropriated has been expended. For compensation of H.
B. Whipple for his services as above, fifteen hundred dollars. For this amount expended and to be expended for the relief of theKaw Indians. Kaw Indians in Kansas, twenty-five thousand dollars. For defraying the actual expenses incurred in negotiating the treatyExpenses of treaty with bands of Ute Indians.*Post*, p. 619. made with the Tabequache, Muache, Capote, Weeminucke, Yampa, Grand River, and Uintah bauds of Ute Indians, on the second of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and in procuring the consent of the said Indians to the Senate amendment thereto, nine thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy-seven cents.
For additional appropriation required to complete survey of a lineSurvey of line dividing the Creek country, and of land granted to the Seminoles. Vol. xiv. p. 787. Vol. xiv. p. 756. dividing the Creek country, under third and fifth article[s] of treaty with the Creek nation of Indians, concluded June fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and for surveying exterior boundary of a grant of land to the Seminole nation of Indians, under the third article of the treaty with that nation, concluded March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, five thousand dollars.
To supply a deficiency for the payment of machinery for the branchBranch mint at Carson City. mint at Carson City, and balance of freight on the same from Philadelphia to Carson City, thirty-one thousand dollars. For fitting up machinery in said mint, and putting it in working order, eleven thousand dollars, or as much thereof as is necessary for that purpose. Approved, March 3, 1869.