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Chapter CCLI. making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one

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CHAP. CCLI.— An Act making Appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Expenses of the Government for the Year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.July 12, 1870. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That the following sums be,Legislative, executive, and judicial expenses appropriation. and the same are hereby, appropriated, (except otherwise herein provided,) out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, namely:— LEGISLATIVE.Legislative. *Senate.*—For compensation and mileage of senators, four hundred andPay and mileage of senators, officers, clerks, &c. twenty thousand dollars.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receiving an annual salary in the service of the Senate, viz.: secretary of the Senate, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; officer charged231FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 251. 1870 with disbursements of the Senate, five hundred and seventy-six dollars;Senate. chief clerk, three thousand dollars, and the additional sum of one thousand dollars while the said office is held by the present incumbent, and no longer; principal clerk, principal executive clerk, minute and journal clerk, and financial clerk, in the office of secretary of the Senate, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; six clerks in office of the secretary of the Senate, at two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars each; keeper of the stationery, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; two messengers, at one thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars each; one page, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars: *Provided,* That he shall receive, directly orSergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper to receive no fees, &c. indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith; assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; postmaster to the Senate, two thousand one hundred dollars; assistant postmaster and mail-carrier, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars; two mail-carriers, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; superintendent of the document room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistants in document room, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; superintendent of the folding room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; three messengers, acting as assistant doorkeepers, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty messengers,Appointment and removal of certain messengers. to be appointed and removed by the sergeant-at-arms, with the approval of the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; secretary to the President of the Senate, two thousand one hundred and two dollars and forty cents; clerk to the committee on finance, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to the committee on claims, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk of printing records, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; clerk to committee on appropriations, two thousand two hundred and twenty dollars; superintendent in charge of the furnaces, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; assistant in charge of furnaces, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one laborer in charge of private passage, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one laborer in stationery room, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars; one special policeman, one thousand dollars; chaplain to the Senate, nine hundred dollars; chief engineer, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; two assistant engineers, at fourteen hundred and forty dollars each; two firemen, at ten hundred and ninety-five dollars each; three laborers, at seven hundred and thirty dollars each,—making in all one hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty cents.
For contingent expenses of the Senate, viz.:—Contingent expenses. For stationery and newspapers for seventy-four senators, at the rate ofStationery and newspapers. one hundred and twenty-five dollars each per annum, nine thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For stationery for committees and officers, eight thousand dollars. For clerks to committees, fourteen pages for the Senate chamber, twoClerks to committees, pages, &c. riding pages, one page for the Vice-President’s room, and one page for the office of the secretary of the Senate, making eighteen pages in all, at the rate of three dollars per day while actually employed, and horses and carryalls, forty thousand dollars; said pages to be appointed andAppointment and removal of pages. removed by the sergeant-at-arms, with the approval of the committee to audit and control the contingent expenses of the Senate.
For fuel for the heating apparatus, six thousand dollars.Fuel, furniture, &c. For furniture and repairs of furniture, ten thousand dollars. For labor, twelve thousand dollars.Labor. For folding documents, and materials therefor, ten thousand dollars.Folding, packing, &c. 232 For packing boxes, seven hundred and forty dollars. For miscellaneous items, and temporary clerks, exclusive of labor,Miscellaneous, and temporary clerks. twenty thousand dollars. For the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the SenateAdditional compensation to reporters. for the Congressional Globe for reporting the proceedings of the Senate for the third session of the forty-first Congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand dollars. *Capitol Police.*—For one captain, one thousand eight hundred dollars;Capitol police. two lieutenants, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; twenty-five privates, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, thirty thousand dollars; and eight watchmen, at one thousand dollars each, eight thousand dollars, making in all forty-two thousand eight hundred dollars, one halfInto what funds to be paid.No disabled soldier to be discharged by, &c. to be paid into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, and the other half to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate: *Provided,* That no disabled soldier shall be discharged by reason of this act. *House of Representatives.*—For compensation and mileage of membersPay and mileage of representatives and delegates; of the House of Representatives and delegates from Territories, one million three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others receivingof officers, clerks, &c. an annual salary in the service of the House of Representatives, viz.: clerk of the House of Representatives, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; chief clerk and journal clerk, three thousand dollars each; four assistant clerks, at two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars each; one assistant clerk, at two thousand five hundred and twenty dollars; nine assistant clerks, including librarian and assistant librarian, at two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars each; one chief messenger and clerk to the speaker, at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day each; for three messengers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; one messenger in the House library, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; one engineer, one thousand eight hundred dollars; three assistant engineers, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; six firemen, at one thousand and ninety-five dollars each per annum; for clerk to committee of ways and means, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; clerk to committee on appropriations, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; clerk to committee of claims, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; clerk to committee on the public lands, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; sergeant-at-arms, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars: *Provided,* That he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees, otherSergeant-at-arms to receive no fees, &c. compensation, or emolument whatever for performing the duties of his office, or in connection therewith; clerk to the sergeant-at-arms, two thousand five hundred dollars; messenger to sergeant-at-arms, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars; doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant doorkeeper, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; postmaster, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars; first assistant postmaster, two thousand and eighty-eight dollars; four messengers, at one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars each; five mail-carriers, at one thousand and eighty dollars each; chaplain of the House, nine hundred dollars; two stenographers, four thousand three hundred and eighty dollars each; superintendent of folding room, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars; superintendent and assistant of the document room, at five dollars and seventy-six cents per day each; document file clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; eleven messengers, five at one thousand eight hundred dollars, and six at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each; twelve messengers during the session, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, per annum,—making in all the sum of one hundred and forty-seven thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty cents. 233 For contingent expenses of the House of Representatives, viz.:—Contingent expenses.
For cartage, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For clerks to committees, and temporary clerks of the House of Representatives,Clerks to committees, &c. thirty-two thousand two hundred and thirty-two dollars. For folding documents, including materials, eighty thousand dollars.Folding. For fuel, seven thousand dollars.Fuel. For horses and carriages for the transportation of mails, and for theHorses and Carriages. use of messengers, ten thousand dollars. For laborers, twelve thousand dollars.Laborers and miscellaneous.
For miscellaneous items, fifty-five thousand dollars. For newspapers and stationery for members and delegates, at one hundredNewspapers and stationery. and twenty-five dollars each per annum, thirty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and for stationery for committees and officers of the House, five thousand dollars. For twenty pages for the floor of the House and three riding pages, atPages. the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per day while actually employed, six thousand dollars.
For packing boxes, two thousand five hundred dollars.Packing boxes and furniture. For furniture, two thousand five hundred dollars. For the usual additional compensation to the reporters of the HouseAdditional compensation to reporters for Congressional Globe. for the Congressional Globe for reporting the proceedings of the House for the third session of the forty-first Congress, eight hundred dollars each, four thousand eight hundred dollars. *Public Printing.*—For compensation of the congressional printer, andPublic printing.Congressional printer, clerks, &c. the clerks and messengers in his office, twelve thousand five hundred and fourteen dollars.
For contingent expenses of his office, viz.: For stationery, postage,Contingent expenses. advertising, furniture, travelling expenses, horses and wagons, and miscellaneous items, fifteen hundred dollars. For the public printing, five hundred thousand dollars.Printing. For paper for the public printing, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Paper. For the public binding, four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.Binding. For lithographing and engraving illustrations of machinery for annualLithographing and engraving.
See *Post*, p. 813. report of the commissioner of patents, seventy-eight thousand dollars. For lithographing the charts for the annual report of the coast survey, two thousand five hundred dollars. For engraving on wood and electrotypes for the annual report of the commissioner of agriculture, two thousand five hundred dollars. For all other lithographing and engraving, one thousand dollars: *Provided,*Envelopes, letter or note sheets, not to be printed from, &c. that hereafter no envelopes, letter or note sheets, for the use of Congress or any department or officer, shall be printed from steel or copper-plate, or by lithographing.
For copies of maps, plans, and diagrams in fac-simile on tracing linen,Copies of maps, &c. for use of Supreme Court.Part of act, 1869, ch. 121. Vol. xv. p. 285, relating to extra copies of public documents, repealed.Extra copies of public documents, how to be ordered. for the use of the Supreme Court of the United States, three thousand dollars: *Provided,* That so much of the “Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as relates to the printing of extra copies of public documents be, and the same is hereby, repealed: *And provided further,* That all propositions originating in either house of Congress for printing extra copies of public documents, the cost of which shall exceed the sum of five hundred dollars, shall be by concurrent resolution, and all such resolutions shall, upon their transmission from either house, be immediately referred to the committee on printing of the house to which they are sent. *Library of Congress.*—For compensation of the librarian, four thousandLibrary of Congress. dollars.
For three assistant librarians, at two thousand one hundred and sixtyPay of librarian, assistants, &c. dollars each, six thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. 234 For two assistant librarians, one at one thousand two hundred dollars,Library of Congress. and one at nine hundred and sixty dollars, two thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. For one messenger, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars. For three laborers, at eight hundred and sixty-four dollars each, two thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars.
For three assistant librarians, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollars each, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For contingent expenses of said library, two thousand dollars. For purchase of books for said library, eight thousand dollars.Purchase of books, periodicals, and newspapers. For purchase of law books for said library, two thousand dollars. For purchase of files of periodicals and newspapers, one thousand five hundred dollars. For expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications ofExchanging public documents. foreign governments, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For botanic garden, grading, draining, procuring manure, tools, fuel,Botanic garden, greenhouses, &c. and repairs, and purchasing trees and shrubs, under the direction of the library committee of Congress, five thousand dollars. For pay of superintendent and assistants in botanic garden and greenhouses,Pay of superintendent and assistants. under the direction of the library committee of Congress, eleven thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. *Public Buildings and Grounds.*—For clerk in the office of publicPublic buildings and grounds. buildings, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For messenger in the same office, eight hundred and forty dollars.Clerk and messenger. For compensation to the public gardener, one thousand four hundredGardener. and forty dollars. For compensation to the laborer in charge of the water-closets in theLaborers, &c. capitol, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For compensation of a foreman and twenty-one laborers employed in the public grounds, nineteen thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. For compensation of four laborers in the capitol, two thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For compensation of furnace-keeper, in charge of heating apparatusFurnace-keeper. under the old hall of the House of Representatives, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. For compensation of furnace-keeper at the President’s house, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For two policemen at the President’s house, two thousand six hundredPolice and watchmen. and forty dollars. For compensation of two night watchmen at the President’s house, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For compensation of the doorkeeper at the President’s house, oneDoorkeeper. thousand two hundred dollars.
For compensation of two draw-keepers at the bridge across the easternDraw-keepers of bridges. branch of the Potomac, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, one thousand six hundred dollars. For watchman in Franklin square, seven hundred and twenty dollars. For compensation of the person in charge of the heating apparatus ofHeating apparatus. the library of Congress, and other steam-heating apparatus in the central building, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars. For electrician for the capitol, one thousand two hundred dollars.Electrician at Capitol.
For compensation of five watchmen in reservation number two, three thousand six hundred dollars. For compensation of draw-keepers at the Potomac bridge, and for fuel, oil, and lamps, seven thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. *Court of Claims.*—For salaries of five judges of the court of claims,Court of claims.Judges, clerks, &c. the chief clerk and assistant clerk, bailiff, and messenger thereof, twenty-six thousand eight hundred and forty dollars. 235 For compensation of attorneys to attend taking testimony, witnesses,Court of claims.Expenses of taking testimony. and commissioners, three thousand five hundred dollars.
For stationery, books, fuel, labor, and other contingent and miscellaneous expenses, three thousand dollars. For reporting the decisions of the court, clerical hire, labor in preparingReporting decisions. and superintending the printing of the fifth volume of the report[s] of the court of claims, to be paid on the order of the court, one thousand dollars. For payment of judgments which may be rendered by the court inPayment of judgments.No pardon or amnesty by the President, &c. to be admissible for any claimant in the court of claims to establish his standing in court;nor be considered by the court or appellate court, &c. favor of claimants, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no pardon or amnesty granted by the President, whether general or special, by proclamation or otherwise, nor any acceptance of such pardon or amnesty, nor oath taken, or other act performed in pursuance or as a condition thereof, shall be admissible in evidence on the part of any claimant in the court of claims as evidence in support of any claim against the United States, or to establish the standing of any claimant in said court, or his right to bring or maintain suit therein; nor shall any such pardon, amnesty, acceptance, oath, or other act as aforesaid, heretofore offered or put in evidence on behalf of any claimant in said court, be used or considered by said court, or by the appellate court on appeal from said court, in deciding upon the claim of said claimant, or any appeal therefrom, as any part of the proof to sustain the claim of the claimant, or to entitle him to maintain his action in said court of claims, or on appeal therefrom; but the proof of loyalty required by the twelfth section of the act ofProof of loyalty to be made, irrespective of such pardon, &c.1863, ch. 92. § 12.Vol. xii. p. 767.1855, ch. 122.Vol. x. p. 612.1863, ch. 120, § 3.Vol. xii. p. 820.1868, ch. 71.Vol. xv. p. 75.
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled “An act to amend an act to establish a court for the investigation of claims against the United States,” approved February twenty-four, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, and by the third section of the act entitled “An act to provide for the collection of abandoned property, and for the prevention of frauds in insurrectionary districts within the United States,” approved March twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and by the third section of the act entitled “An act to provide for appeals from the court of claims, and for other purposes,” approved June twenty-five, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be made by proof of the matters required by said sections, respectively, irrespective of the effect of any executive proclamation, pardon, amnesty, or other act of condonation or oblivion.
And in allCases in which judgments have been rendered on other proof of loyalty on appeal to be dismissed by Supreme Court for want of jurisdiction.Pardon and acceptance thereof, without, &c. by person bringing suit in court of claims to be conclusive evidence of former disloyalty. cases where judgment shall have been heretofore rendered in the court of claims in favor of any claimant on any other proof of loyalty than such as is above required and provided, and which is hereby declared to have been and to be the true intent and meaning of said respective acts, the Supreme Court shall, on appeal, have no further jurisdiction of the cause, and shall dismiss the same for want of jurisdiction: *And provided further,* That whenever any pardon shall have heretofore been granted by the President of the United States to any person bringing suit in the court of claims for the proceeds of abandoned or captured property under the said act approved March twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and the acts amendatory of the same, and such pardon shall recite, in substance, that such person took part in the late rebellion against the government of the United States, or was guilty of any act of rebellion against or disloyalty to the United States, and such pardon shall have been accepted in writing, by the person to whom the same issued, without an express disclaimer of and protestation against such fact of guilt contained in such acceptance, such pardon and acceptance shall be taken and deemed in such suit in the said court of claims, and on appeal therefrom, conclusive evidence that such person did take part in and give aid and comfort to the late rebellion, and did not maintain true allegiance or consistently adhere to the United States; and on proof of such pardon and acceptance, whichOn proof of such pardon and acceptance, jurisdiction of the court to cease, &c. proof may be heard summarily on motion or otherwise, the jurisdiction of the court in the case shall cease, and the court shall forthwith dismiss the suit of such claimant. 236 *Executive.*—For compensation of the President of the United States,Executive.President. twenty-five thousand dollars.
For compensation to the Vice-President of the United States, eightVice-President. thousand dollars. For compensation of secretary to sign patents for public lands, fifteenSecretary to sign land-patents. hundred dollars. For compensation to the private secretary, assistant secretary (whoPrivate secretary, clerks, steward, &c. shall be a short-hand writer); two executive clerks, at two thousand three hundred dollars each; steward, and messenger of the President of the United States,—thirteen thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationeryContingent expenses. therefor, four thousand dollars. *Department of State.*—For compensation of the Secretary of State,Department of State.Pay of Secretary, &c. two assistant secretaries of state; for chief clerk, at two thousand two hundred dollars; one examiner of claims, at three thousand five hundred dollars; eight clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, eight clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, three clerks of class one; one messenger, at eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; nine laborers, and four watchmen,—sixty-six thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars; two clerks of class four, to make indexes of the records of the State Department, and one clerk of class three, five thousand two hundred dollars.
For publishing the laws in pamphlet form, and in newspapers of thePamphlet laws and in newspapers.What laws, &c. only to be published in newspapers.Secretary of State to select. States and Territories, and in the city of Washington, seventy-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no laws or treaties shall be published in newspapers except those which are of a general nature, which laws shall be selected by the Secretary of State; and the same shall in all cases be published without delay.
For proof-reading, and packing the laws and documents for the variousProof-reading, &c. legations and consulates, including boxes and transportation of the same, three thousand dollars. For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, five thousand dollars.Stationery, &c., books and maps. For books and maps, two thousand five hundred dollars. For extra clerk-hire and copying, ten thousand dollars. For contingent expenses, viz.: rent, fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneousContingent expenses. expenses, thirty-two thousand five hundred dollars. *Treasury Department.*—For compensation of the Secretary of theTreasury Department.Pay of Secretary, assistants, clerks, &c.
Treasury, eight thousand dollars; two assistant secretaries of the treasury, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; forty-nine clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, thirty clerks of class three, twenty-six clerks of class two, twenty-seven clerks of class one; thirty-two female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; eleven messengers; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and ten laborers,—in all, two hundred and seventy-one thousand and sixty dollars.
In the construction branch of the treasury—For supervising architect,Pay of supervising architect, assistant clerks, &c. three thousand dollars; assistant supervising architect, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; photographer, twenty-five hundred dollars; two assistant photographers, one at one thousand six hundred dollars, and one at one thousand two hundred dollars; two clerks of class four, four clerks of class three, three clerks of class one, and one messenger,—twenty-seven thousand two hundred and forty dollars. *Superintendent’s Branch of the Secretary’s Office.*—For one captain ofSuperintendent’s branch of Secretary’s office.Pay of engineer, watchmen, &c. the watch, one thousand four hundred dollars; one engineer, one thousand two hundred dollars; one machinist and gas-fitter, one thousand two hundred dollars; one storekeeper, one thousand dollars; thirty watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and to one of said watchmen, acting as lieutenant of watchmen, two hundred and eighty dollars in addition;237 thirty laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; five firemen, at six hundred dollars each; seventy women as cleaners, at one hundredProvision of act of 1869, ch. 123, vol. xv. p. 311, in regard to allowance of accounts for contingent expenses of bureaus, &c. repealed. and eighty dollars each,—in all, sixty-three thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; and the first proviso in the act of Congress, entitled “An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for service of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and for other purposes,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, is hereby repealed.
For first comptroller of the treasury, five thousand dollars; chief clerk,Pay of 1st comptroller, &c.; two thousand dollars; ten clerks of class four, twelve clerks of class three, twelve clerks of class two, six clerks of class one; six copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and three laborers,—in all, seventy-seven thousand three hundred and twenty dollars. For second comptroller of the treasury, three thousand dollars; chief2d comptroller, &c.; clerk, two thousand dollars; twelve clerks of class four, twenty clerks of class three, twenty-eight clerks of class two, twenty-one clerks of class one; twelve copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and two laborers,—in all, one hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred dollars.
For commissioner of customs, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, twocommissioner of customs, &c.; thousand dollars; two clerks of class four, six clerks of class three, eight clerks of class two, five clerks of class one, one messenger, and one laborer,—in all, thirty-six thousand nine hundred and sixty dollars. For first auditor of the treasury, three thousand dollars; chief clerk,1st auditor, &c. two thousand dollars; three clerks of class four, ten clerks of class three, ten clerks of class two, thirteen clerks of class one, one messenger; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and one laborer,—in all, fifty-eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
For second auditor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand2d auditor, &c.; dollars; six clerks of class four, fifty-four clerks of class three, one hundred and nine clerks of class two, one hundred clerks of class one, one messenger; five assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and seven laborers,—in all, three hundred and eighty-four thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For third auditor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand3d auditor, &c.; dollars; eleven clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; twenty-eight clerks of class three, ninety-two clerks of class two, ninety-six clerks of class one; ten copyists, nine thousand dollars; three messengers; two assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and four laborers,—three hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred and forty dollars.
For the fourth auditor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand4th auditor, &c.; dollars; five clerks of class four, eighteen clerks of class three, twelve clerks of class two, eleven clerks of class one, one messenger, one assistant messenger at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and three laborers,—in all, seventy-six thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For the fifth auditor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand5th auditor, &c.; dollars; four clerks of class four, eight clerks of class three, eight clerks of class two, twelve clerks of class one; seven copyists, six thousand three hundred dollars; one messenger, one assistant messenger, and two laborers,—fifty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars.
For compensation of the auditor of the treasury for the Post-Office Department,auditor for Post-Office Department, &c. three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; nine clerks of class four, additional to one clerk of class four as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; forty clerks of class three, sixty-four clerks of class two, thirty-seven clerks of class one, one messenger; one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars; and eleven238 laborers,—two hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For compensation of the treasurer of the United States, six thousandPay of treasurer, assistant, &c.; five hundred dollars; assistant treasurer, two thousand eight hundred dollars; cashier, two thousand eight hundred dollars; assistant cashier, two thousand five hundred dollars; five chiefs of division, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; two principal book-keepers, two thousand two hundred dollars each; two tellers, two thousand two hundred dollars each; one chief clerk, two thousand dollars; two assistant tellers, two thousand dollars each; fifteen clerks of class four, fifteen clerks of class three, eleven clerks of class two, nine clerks of class one; sixty female clerks, fifty-four thousand dollars; fifteen messengers; five male laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and seven female laborers, at two hundred and forty dollars each,—in all, one hundred and eighty-nine thousand four hundred and eighty dollars.
For compensation of the register of the treasury, three thousand dollars;register, assistant, &c.; assistant register, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; five clerks of class four, twelve clerks of class three, twenty-four clerks of class two, ten clerks of class one, one messenger, two assistant messengers at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and two laborers,—in all, eighty-four thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For compensation of the solicitor of the treasury, three thousand fivesolicitor, assistant, &c.; hundred dollars; assistant solicitor, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; one clerk of class four, three clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, one clerk of class one, one messenger, and one laborer,—in all, twenty-two thousand and sixty dollars.
For compensation of the chief clerk of the lighthouse board, twoclerks, &c. of lighthouse board; thousand dollars; one clerk of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, one messenger, and one laborer,—in all, seven thousand and sixteen thousand dollars. For comptroller of the currency, five thousand dollars; for deputycomptroller of the currency, &c.; comptroller, two thousand five hundred dollars; ten clerks of class four, eighteen thousand dollars; twelve clerks of class three, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks of class two, eleven thousand two hundred dollars; eight clerks of class one, nine thousand six hundred dollars; twenty-four female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars; four messengers, two laborers, and two night watchmen, five thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars,—in all, ninety-two thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
For commissioner of internal revenue, six thousand dollars; threecommissioner of internal revenue, deputies, &c. deputy commissioners, one at three thousand five hundred dollars, and two at three thousand dollars each; one solicitor, four thousand dollars; seven heads of divisions, two thousand five hundred dollars each; thirty-four clerks of class four, forty-eight clerks of class three, fifty-two clerks of class two, thirty-eight clerks of class one, ninety-five female clerks at nine hundred dollars each, five messengers, three assistant messengers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and fifteen laborers,—in all, three hundred and ninety-five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For temporary clerks for the Treasury Department, forty thousand dollars:Temporary clerks.Limit to pay of temporary clerks.Special appropriation for office of treasurer at the discretion of the Secretary. *Provided,* That no temporary clerk shall receive a greater compensation than at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum for the time actually employed: *And provided further,* That ten thousand dollars are hereby appropriated to be expended in the office of the treasurer of the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury.
For dies, paper, and for stamps, two hundred thousand dollars.Dies, paper, stamps, collectors, assessors, &c. of internal revenue. For salaries and expenses of collectors, assessors, assistant assessors, supervisors, detectives, and storekeepers, together with the expense of carrying into effect the various provisions of the several acts providing239 internal revenue, excepting items otherwise provided for, seven million dollars: *Provided,* That after the passage of this act the proprietors ofSalaries, &c. of officers in charge of internal revenue bonded warehouses to be paid by proprietors;how to be collected, if not paid;when paid, how to be credited.Who to carry this into effect. all internal revenue bonded warehouses shall pay to the collector the current expenses and salaries of storekeepers or other officers in charge of such warehouses; and the same, when not paid, may be collected by the same means provided for the collection of other taxes; and all sums so collected in the nature of reimbursements to the United States for payments on account of expenses and salaries of storekeepers or other officers in charge of such warehouses, or that may hereafter be so collected, shall be carried to the credit of the appropriation for salaries and expenses of collectors, storekeepers, and so forth; and the commissioner of internal revenue and the accounting officers of the treasury are hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary steps to carry this proviso into effect: *And provided further,* That the President may, at his discretion,Collection districts may be altered, or united, &c. divide the States and Territories respectively into convenient collection districts, or alter the same, or unite two or more districts or two or more States or Territories into one district, and may exercise said power from time to time as in his opinion the public interest may require.
For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guilty ofDetection, &c. of violations of internal revenue laws. violating the internal revenue laws, or conniving at the same, in cases where such expenses are not otherwise provided for by law, one hundred thousand dollars. *For incidental and contingent Expenses of the Treasury Department.*—Incidental, &c. expenses of Treasury Department.Secretary’s office and bureaus.In the office of the Secretary of the Treasury and the several bureaus, including copying, binding, sealing ships’ registers, translating foreign languages, advertising, and extra clerk-hire for preparing and collecting information to be laid before Congress, and for miscellaneous items, fifty thousand dollars.
For stationery for the Treasury Department and the several bureaus, forty-five thousand dollars. For desks, tables, cases, boxes, and miscellaneous articles of furniture, including repairs and renovation of the same, ten thousand dollars. For carpets, oil-cloths, mattings, rugs, and other miscellaneous articles of like nature, including repairs, renovation, and putting down the same, two thousand five hundred dollars. For fuel, light, and miscellaneous items for the treasury building, and other buildings occupied by the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars.
INDEPENDENT TREASURY.Independent treasury. Office of assistant treasurer at New York.—For assistant treasurer,Office of assistant treasurer at New York; eight thousand dollars; for deputy assistant treasurer, chief clerk, clerks, messengers, porters, watchmen, and detectives, one hundred and forty-seven thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the compensation of the deputypay of deputy established. assistant treasurer shall be three thousand dollars per annum, and no more. Office of assistant treasurer at Boston.—For assistant treasurer, fiveat Boston; thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand seven hundred dollars; for clerks and messenger, twenty-three thousand dollars; and so much of theRepeal of part of act of 1869, ch 121, Vol. xv. p. 299. act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and seventy, approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as limits the amount appropriated for salaries of clerks and messengers in this office to twenty thousand dollars is hereby repealed.
Office of assistant treasurer at San Francisco.—For assistant treasurer,at San Francisco; in addition to his salary as treasurer of the branch mint at San Francisco, fifteen hundred dollars; for cashier, book-keeper, stamp clerk, clerks, messengers, watchmen, and porter, seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars. 240 Office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia.—For assistant treasurer,Appropriation for office of assistant treasurer at Philadelphia; in addition to his salary as treasurer of the mint, fifteen hundred dollars; for clerks, messengers, and watchmen, thirty-four thousand eight hundred and twenty-three dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at St. Louis.—For assistant treasurer, fiveat St. Louis; thousand dollars; for clerks, messengers, and watchmen, ten thousand eight hundred dollars. Office of assistant treasurer [at] New Orleans.—For assistant treasurerat New Orleans; four thousand dollars; for one chief clerk, twenty-five hundred dollars; one clerk, two thousand dollars; two clerks three thousand dollars; one porter, nine hundred dollars; two watchmen, fourteen hundred and forty dollars, amounting in all to thirteen thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
Office of assistant treasurer at Charleston, South Carolina.—For assistantat Charleston; treasurer, four thousand dollars; one clerk, eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk, sixteen hundred dollars, and one assistant messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars. Office of assistant treasurer at Baltimore.—For assistant treasurer, fiveat Baltimore; thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars, amounting in all to eleven thousand and forty dollars.
Office of depositary at Chicago.—For cashier, two thousand five hundredof depositary at Chicago; dollars; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; two clerks, two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars; one messenger, eight hundred and forty dollars, amounting in all to eight thousand and twenty dollars. Office of depositary at Cincinnati.—For cashier, two thousand dollars;at Cincinnati; one clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; two clerks, two thousand four hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand dollars, amounting in all to seven thousand two hundred dollars.
Office of depositary at Louisville.—For cashier, two thousand dollars;at Louisville; one clerk, one thousand five hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars, amounting in all to five thousand four hundred and twenty dollars. Office of the depositary at Pittsburgh.—For cashier, one thousand eightat Pittsburg; hundred dollars; one clerk, one thousand four hundred dollars; one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars,—amounting in all to three thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars.
Office of depositary at Santa Fé.—For depositary (in addition to hisat Santa Fé. pay as receiver), two thousand dollars; one clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars,—amounting in all to three thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars. For compensation to special agents to examine the books, accounts, andSpecial agents.1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 69. money on hand at the several depositories, including national banks acting as depositaries under the act of the sixth of August, eighteen hundred and forty-six, six thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses under the act of the sixth of August, eighteenContingent expenses. hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safe-keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* ThatNo part for clerical services. no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services. For checks and certificates of deposit for office of assistant treasurerChecks and certificates of deposit. at New York, and other offices, eight thousand dollars.
UNITED STATES MINT, BRANCHES, AND ASSAY OFFICES.Mint, branches, and assay offices. *Mint at Philadelphia.*—For salaries of the director, treasurer, assayer,Mint at Philadelphia. melter and refiner, chief coiner and engraver, assistant assayer, and seven clerks, thirty-seven thousand nine hundred dollars. 241 For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and twenty-fiveMint at Philadelphia. thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including wastage and repairs, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For specimens of ores and coins to be preserved in the cabinet of the mint, six hundred dollars. For freight on bullion and coin, five thousand dollars. *Branch Mint at San Francisco, California.*—For salaries of superintendent,Branch mint at San Francisco. treasurer, assayer, melter and refiner, coiner, and six clerks, thirty thousand five hundred dollars. For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, repairs, and wastage, sixty-nine thousand five hundred and forty-five dollars. *Assay Office, New York.*—For salaries of superintendent, assayer,Assay office, New York.
See *Post*, p. 814. and melter and refiner, assistant assayer, officers, and clerks, twenty-five thousand seven hundred dollars. For wages of workmen, in addition to unexpended balances of former appropriations, forty thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, fifty thousand dollars. *Branch Mint at Denver.*—For assayer (who shall have charge of theBranch mint at Denver; said mint), two thousand five hundred dollars. For melter, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, sixteen thousand dollars. For three clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each, five thousand four hundred dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, including repairs and wastage, five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That after the first day of April, eighteento be an assay office only after April 1, 1870. hundred and seventy, the branch mint at Denver shall be carried on as an assay office only, and all unexpended balances of appropriations shall be paid and covered into the treasury of the United States, and all theCertain offices abolished. offices not herein provided for are hereby abolished. *Branch Mint, Carson City.*—For salaries of superintendent, assayer,Branch mint at Carson City; melter and refiner, chief coiner, assistant assayer, assistant melter and refiner, assistant chief coiner, and clerks, twenty thousand two hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, fifty-four thousand dollars. For chemicals, charcoal, and wood, incidental and miscellaneous expenses, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars. *Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina.*—For assayer fifteen hundredat Charlotte, North Carolina. dollars. For wages of workmen, fourteen hundred and ninety-two dollars. For chemicals, charcoal, and incidental and miscellaneous items, fifteen hundred dollars. GOVERNMENTS IN THE TERRITORIES.Governments in the Territories. *Territory of Arizona.*—For salaries of governor, chief justice, and twoTerritory of Arizona; associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars. For compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses thereof, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Colorado.*—For salaries of governor and superintendentColorado. of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars. 242 For compensation and mileage of members of the legislative assembly,Appropriation for the government of the Territory of Dakota; officers, clerks, and contingent expenses thereof, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Dakota.*—For salaries of governor and superintendent of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, eleven thousand eight hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses thereof, nineteen thousand three hundred and eighty dollars. *Territory of Idaho.*—For salaries of governor and superintendent ofof Idaho; Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, fifteen thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses thereof, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of Montana.*—For compensation of governor and superintendentof Montana; of Indian affairs, chief justice and two associate judges, and secretary, fifteen thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. For compensation and mileage of the members of the last legislative assembly, officers, clerks, and contingent expenses thereof, twenty thousand dollars. *Territory of New Mexico.*—For salaries of governor, chief justice andof New Mexico; two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars. For interpreter and translator in the executive office, five hundred dollars. *Territory of Utah.*—For salaries of governor, chief justice, two associateof Utah; judges, and secretary, fifteen thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars. *Territory of Washington.*—For salaries of governor, chief justice, twoof Washington; associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of said Territory, one thousand dollars. *Territory of Wyoming.*—For salaries of governor and superintendentof Wyoming. of Indian affairs, chief justice, two associate judges, and secretary, twelve thousand three hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Territory, one thousand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.Department of the Interior. For compensation of the Secretary of the Interior, assistant secretary,Pay of Secretary, assistant, clerks, &c. chief clerk, four clerks of class four, additional to three disbursing clerks, three clerks of class three, four clerks of class two, and one clerk of class one, one messenger, two assistant messengers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, and three laborers in his office,—in all, thirty-seven thousand five hundred and forty dollars.
For completing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries,Completing the survey of the Colorado of the West, &c. by Professor Powell. under the direction of Professor Powell, twelve thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. *Bureau of Education.*—For commissioner of education, three thousandBureau of education.Pay of commissioner, &c. dollars; one clerk at eighteen hundred dollars; one clerk at sixteen hundred dollars; one clerk at fourteen hundred dollars; one messenger at eight hundred and forty dollars; stationery, six hundred dollars; library, one thousand dollars; collecting statistics and writing and compiling matter for annual and special reports, three thousand dollars; contingencies, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars,—in all, fourteen thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That from and after the thirtieth day ofClerical force established.
June, eighteen hundred and seventy, the clerical force in the office of said commissioner shall be as in this section authorized. 243 For twenty-eight watchmen for the general service of the Interior DepartmentWatchmen for general service.Law creating office of superintendent of the Interior Department repealed.1869, ch. 15, §.*Ante*, p. 12. building, and all the bureaus therein, to be allotted to day or night service, as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, fourteen thousand four hundred dollars; and section seven of the act of April ten, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, creating the office of superintendent of the Interior Department, is hereby repealed.
For stationery, furniture, books, and maps for library, and for miscellaneousStationery, books, maps, &c. items, nine thousand dollars. For expenses of packing and distributing congressional journals andDistributing journals and documents. documents, and compiling the Biennial Register, including the salary of the superintendent of public documents, seven thousand dollars. For casual repairs of the Interior Department building, ten thousandBiennial Register. dollars. For fuel, lights, and the salary of the engineer and assistant engineer, eighteen thousand dollars.
For rent of building on G Street, corner of Eighth Street, from the firstRent of building on G Street. day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, at an annual rental of not exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, such sum as may be necessary is hereby appropriated. *For the General Land Office.*—There shall be paid out of the unexpendedGeneral land office.Pay of commissioner, recorder, clerks, &c. balances heretofore appropriated, as follows:
For commissioner of the general land office, recorder, chief clerk, three principal clerks of public lands, three clerks of class four, twenty-three clerks of class three, forty clerks of class two, forty clerks of class one, draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, two messengers, three assistant messengers at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, two packers, seven laborers, employed in his office,—in all, one hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars; also for compensation of additional clerks in the generalAdditional clerks. land office, viz.:
For one principal clerk, as director, one clerk of class three, four clerks of class two, thirty-five clerks of class one, and two laborers, fifty-two thousand six hundred dollars; also for cash system, maps, diagrams, stationery, furniture, and repairs of the same; miscellaneous items, including two of the city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, advertising and telegraphing; miscellaneous items on account of bounty lands and military patents, and contingent expenses under the swamp land act, ten thousand dollars,—making a total appropriated for the general land office of two hundred and thirty-four thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; and the remaining balance, if any there be, shall be, and hereby is, covered into the treasury of the United States, and shall be disbursed only upon a specific appropriation. *Indian Office.*—For compensation of the commissioner of IndianIndian office, pay of commissioner, &c. affairs, chief clerk, three clerks of class four, seven clerks of class three, five clerks of class two, in all, twenty-eight thousand six hundred dollars. *Temporary clerks.*—For one clerk of class three, seven clerks of class two, twelve clerks of class one, and four female copyists, at nine hundred dollars each,—in all, twenty-nine thousand four hundred dollars.
For one messenger, one assistant messenger, at seven hundred and twenty dollars, and one laborer,—in all, two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars. For blank books, binding, stationery, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, including two city newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, five thousand dollars. *Pension Office.*—For compensation of commissioner of pensions,Pension office, pay of commissioner, &c. chief clerk, twenty-two clerks of class four, forty-eight clerks of class three, seventy-six clerks of class two, seventy clerks of class one, nine female copyists at nine hundred dollars each, one messenger, five assistant mes-244sengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and five laborers inPension office. his office,—in all, three hundred and twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and forty dollars.
For stationery, engraving, and retouching plates for bounty-land warrants, printing and binding the same, office furniture, and repairing the same, and miscellaneous items, including two daily newspapers, to be filed, bound, and preserved for the use of the office, and for detection and investigation of fraud, fifty thousand dollars; three fifths of which sum may be expended for the last specified object. *United States Patent Office.*—For compensation of the commissionerOffice of assistant commissioner established; his duties, pay, &c.Office of assistant commissioner established; his duties, pay, &c. of the patent office, four thousand five hundred dollars; for one assistant commissioner, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall act as commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the commissioner, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the commissioner, three thousand dollars; for chief clerk, two thousand five hundred dollars; three examiners-in-chief, at three thousand dollars each; twenty-two principal examiners, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; twenty-one first assistant examiners, at eighteen hundred dollars each; twenty-one second assistant examiners, at sixteen hundred dollars each, two of whom may be females; one librarian, eighteen hundred dollars; one machinist, one thousand six hundred dollars; five clerks of class four, six clerks of class three, forty-five clerks of class two, and forty clerks of class one,—making in all two hundred and seventy-eight thousand four hundred dollars.
For twelve permanent clerks, at one thousand dollars each, twelve thousand dollars. For ten permanent clerks, at nine hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars. For two skilled draughtsmen, at twelve hundred dollars each, two thousand four hundred dollars. For fifteen copyists of drawings, at one thousand dollars each, fifteen thousand dollars. For fifty-one female copyists, at nine hundred dollars each, forty-five thousand nine hundred dollars. For one messenger and purchasing clerk, one thousand dollars.
For one skilled laborer, one thousand two hundred dollars. For ten skilled laborers, at nine hundred dollars each, nine thousand dollars. For thirty laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each, twenty-one thousand six hundred dollars. For six laborers, at six hundred dollars each, three thousand six hundred dollars. For contingent and miscellaneous expenses of the patent office, namely:Contingent expenses. For illustrations of annual report, stationery for use of office, furniture, repairing, papering, painting, ice, advertising, books for library, moneys refunded, printing engraved patent-heads, international exchanges, plumbing, gas-fitting, extra labor on indexes and abstracts for annual reports,Nothing to be paid judges of supreme court of District of Columbia on appeals from commissioner.Repeal of 1852, ch. 107.
Vol. x. p. 75. fitting rooms over porticos, temporary clerks, laborers, and draughtsmen, and other contingencies, ninety thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no moneys shall be paid to the chief justice or associate justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, upon any appeal to either of them from the decision of the commissioner of patents; and section two of the act of August thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, is hereby repealed. For printing or photographing, or otherwise producing copies of drawings,Printing or photographing. for use of office and for sale, fifty thousand dollars. *Surveyors-General and their Clerks.*—For compensation of surveyor-generalSurveyors-general and clerks in Louisiana; of Louisiana, two thousand dollars. 245 For clerks in his office, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For surveyor-general of Florida, two thousand dollars, and for clerks inFlorida; his office, two thousand five hundred dollars. For compensation of surveyor-general of Minnesota, two thousand dollars,Minnesota; and the clerks in his office, six thousand three hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of the Territory of Dakota, two thousand dollars,Dakota; and the clerks in his office, six thousand three hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Kansas, two thousand dollars, and the clerks inKansas; his office, six thousand three hundred dollars.
For compensation of extra clerks in replacing the township plats, descriptive sheets, and so forth, of the land office at Topeka, Kansas, destroyed by the burning of that office, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For surveyor-general of Colorado, three thousand dollars, and for theColorado; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of New Mexico, three thousand dollars, and forNew Mexico; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of California and Arizona, three thousand dollars,California and Arizona; and for clerks in his office, eleven thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Idaho, three thousand dollars, and for clerks inIdaho; his office, four thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Nevada, three thousand dollars, and for theNevada; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Oregon, two thousand five hundred dollars, andOregon; for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars.
For surveyor-general of Washington Territory, two thousand five hundredWashington Territory; dollars, and for the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, two thousand dollars, andNebraska and Iowa; for the clerks in his office, six thousand three hundred dollars. For surveyor-general of Montana, three thousand dollars, and for theMontana; clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For surveyor-general of Utah Territory, three thousand dollars, and for theUtah Territory. clerks in his office, four thousand dollars.
For salary of United States recorder of land titles at St. Louis, Missouri,Recorder of land titles at St. Louis. five hundred dollars. For compensation of the surveyor-general of the Territory of Wyoming,Surveyor-general of Wyoming Territory. three thousand dollars, and the clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. *Department of Agriculture.*—For compensation of commissioner ofDepartment of agriculture, pay of commissioner, &c. agriculture, three thousand dollars; chief clerk, two thousand dollars; an entomologist, two thousand dollars; chemist, two thousand dollars; assistant chemist, sixteen hundred dollars; superintendent of experimental gardens and grounds, two thousand dollars; statistician, two thousand dollars; disbursing clerk, one thousand eight hundred dollars; superintendent of seed-room, one thousand eight hundred dollars; librarian, one thousand eight hundred dollars; botanist, one thousand four hundred dollars; three clerks of class four, four clerks of class three, six clerks of class two, seven clerks of class one; engineer, one thousand four hundred dollars; superintendent of folding room, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of garden and grounds, one thousand two hundred dollars; assistant superintendent of seed-room, one thousand two hundred dollars; three copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; two attendants in museum, at one thousand dollars each; chief messenger, eight hundred and fifty dollars; two assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one carpenter, at nine hundred and sixty dollars; three watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; and eight laborers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each,—making in all, seventy thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.
For collecting statistics and compiling and writing matter for monthly,Collecting statistics and preparing reports. annual, and special reports, fifteen thousand dollars. 246 For purchase and distribution of new and valuable seeds, twenty-fivePurchase and distribution of seeds. thousand dollars. For expense of putting up the same, for labor, bagging, paper, twine, gum, and other necessary materials, five thousand dollars. For labor on the experimental garden, and for flower-pots, repairs toExperimental garden, &c. greenhouse and heating-apparatus, gravel for walks, and purchase of new plants, and seeds for the same, ten thousand dollars.
For stationery, two thousand dollars.Stationery, fuel, light, repairs, &c. For freight and charges, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For fuel, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For lights, five hundred dollars. For repairs of building, furniture, fences, and water, one thousand two hundred dollars. For keep of horses, fifteen hundred dollars. For new furniture, one thousand dollars. For cases for the department museum, one thousand five hundred dollars. For collecting and model[l]ing specimens of fruit, one thousand dollars.
For cases for the library, one thousand dollars. For foreign and domestic agricultural and scientific periodicals, two hundredPeriodicals, works of reference, &c. and fifty dollars. For completing valuable sets of the same, two hundred and fifty dollars. For current publications and works of reference, five hundred dollars. For collections for the herbarium, one thousand dollars.Collections. For chemicals and incidentals in analysis, furnaces, fine chemical apparatus,Analysis. microscope, and Debasque saccharometer for laboratory, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
For philosophical apparatus, two hundred and fifty dollars.Apparatus. For collection of minerals and ores, one hundred dollars.Minerals and ores. For incidental and miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars. For paper, twine, gum, and necessary materials for folding room, five hundred dollars. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. For compensation of the Postmaster-General, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Postmaster-General, assistants, superintendents, chiefs of division, clerks, &c. three assistant postmasters-general, at three thousand five hundred dollars each; superintendent of money-order system, three thousand dollars; superintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; chief of division of dead-letter office, two thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk, two thousand two hundred dollars; three chief clerks, at two thousand dollars each; additional to one clerk of class four, as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; twelve clerks of class four, fifty-one clerks of class three, forty-five clerks of class two, fifty clerks of class one; fifty female clerks, at nine hundred dollars each; ten folders, seven thousand two hundred dollars; one messenger, at eight hundred and forty dollars; and four assistants, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; nine watchmen, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; fifteen laborers, at seven hundred1871, ch. 115.*Post*, p. 519. and twenty dollars each; twenty-five clerks in dead-letter office, at eight hundred dollars each,—making in all, three hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and twenty dollars.
For stationery, nine thousand dollars; for fuel for the general post-officeStationery, fuel, &c. building, including the auditor’s office, seven thousand four hundred dollars; for gas, four thousand dollars; for plumbing and gas-fixtures, three thousand dollars; for telegraphing, three thousand dollars; for painting, one thousand five hundred dollars; for carpets, three thousand dollars; for furniture, three thousand five hundred dollars; for livery, seven hun-247dred and fifty dollars; for hardware, eight hundred dollars; for engineer,Post-Office Department. one thousand six hundred dollars; for assistant engineer, one thousand dollars; for fireman and blacksmith, nine hundred dollars; for two firemen, twelve hundred dollars; for six laborers, four thousand three hundred and twenty dollars; for one watchman, seven hundred and twenty dollars; for one carpenter, twelve hundred and fifty-two dollars; for three assistant messengers, seven hundred and twenty dollars each; for two female laborers, nine hundred and sixty dollars; for one female laborer, at two hundred and forty dollars; for contingent expenses seven thousand five hundred dollars.
And the auditor of the treasury for the Post-OfficeCharges to special appropriations. Department is hereby authorized to charge to the appropriation for mail transportation the salary and per diem of the assistant superintendents of the postal-railway service; to the appropriation for the money-order bureau the salary and per diem of the special agent detailed for that service; and to the appropriation for the free-delivery system the salary and per diem of the special agent detailed for that service; this provision to apply to the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, as well as to subsequent appropriations for the postal service.
WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. For compensation of the Secretary of War, eight thousand dollars;Pay of Secretary of War, clerks, &c. chief clerk, five clerks of class four; for additional to one clerk of class four, as disbursing clerk, two hundred dollars; for six clerks of class three, three clerks of class two, eight clerks of class one, one messenger; three assistant messengers, at seven hundred and twenty dollars each; one laborer,—forty-six thousand five hundred and twenty dollars.
For contingent expenses, seven thousand dollars. *Office of the Adjutant-General.*—For three clerks of class four, nineOffice of adjutant-general; clerks of class three, twenty-seven clerks of class two, twenty-six clerks of class one, and two messengers, ninety thousand four hundred and eighty dollars. For contingent expenses, fifteen thousand dollars. *Office of Quartermaster-General.*—For four clerks of class four, eightquartermaster-general; clerks of class three, twenty clerks of class two, seventy-five clerks of class one; thirty copyists, at nine hundred dollars each; superintendent of the building, two hundred dollars; one messenger, two assistant messengers, and six laborers, one hundred and seventy-one thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
For contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. *Office of Paymaster-General.*—For chief clerk, four clerks of classpaymaster-general; four, one clerk of class three, twenty-three clerks of class two, twenty-five clerks of class one, and two messengers, seventy-four thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. For contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. *Office of the Commissary-General.*—For one clerk of class four, onecommissary-general; clerk of class three, eight clerks of class two, fifteen clerks of class one, one messenger, and two laborers, thirty-four thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars.
For contingent expenses, viz.: office rent, repairs, and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars. *Office of the Surgeon-General.*—For one clerk of class four, one clerksurgeon-general; of class three, two clerks of class two, eight clerks of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, seventeen thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. For contingent expenses, including rent of the surgeon-general’s office and army medical museum, eight thousand dollars. *Office of Chief Engineer.*—For four clerks ofchief engineer. class four, four clerks of class three, four clerks of class two, four clerks of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, twenty-five thousand five hundred and sixty dollars.
For contingent expenses, viz.: for stationery, office furniture, miscellaneous and incidental expenses, including two daily Washington newspapers, three thousand dollars. 248 *Office of Chief of Ordnance.*—For chief clerk, three clerks of classWar DepartmentOffice of chief of ordnance; four, two clerks of class three, four clerks of class two, six clerks of class one, and one messenger, twenty-two thousand two hundred and forty dollars. For contingent expenses, viz. stationery, one thousand dollars. *Office of Military Justice.*—For one clerk ofmilitary justice; class four, one clerk of class three, one clerk of class one, four thousand six hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses, five hundred dollars. *Signal Office.*—For two clerks of class two, two thousand eight hundredsignal office; dollars. *Office of the Inspector-General.*—For one clerk of class three, sixteeninspector-general; hundred dollars. *Office of the Inspector of the Military Academy.*—For one clerk ofinspector of military academy. class four, eighteen hundred dollars. For compensation of superintendent of the building occupied by theSuperintendent of building occupied by War Department;
War Department (two hundred and fifty dollars), four watchmen and two laborers, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items for the said building, ten thousand dollars. For superintendent of the building occupied by the paymaster-generalby paymaster-general; (two hundred and fifty dollars), and for five watchmen and two laborers, five thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. For rent of building, and fuel and contingencies, twelve thousand five hundred dollars.
For superintendent of building corner of Seventeenth and F streetsof building corner 17th and F streets. (two hundred and fifty dollars), and four watchmen and two laborers, four thousand five hundred and seventy dollars. For contingent expenses, viz.: fuel, engineer and fireman, matting andContingent expenses. oil-cloth, gas, whitewashing, repairs, and other incidental expenses of said building, seven thousand five hundred dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, eight thousand dollars.Pay of Secretary, solicitor, &c. clerks, &c.
For compensation of the solicitor and naval judge advocate general, three thousand five hundred dollars; chief clerk of the Navy Department, at two thousand two hundred dollars; additional to chief clerk, three hundred dollars, to continue while there is no assistant secretary, and no longer; one disbursing clerk, at two thousand dollars; three clerks of the fourth class, four clerks of the third class, two clerks of the second class, three clerks of the first class, two messengers at eight hundred and forty dollars each, and one laborer, twenty-seven thousand six hundred dollars.
For stationery, labor, newspapers, and miscellaneous items, three thousandStationery. five hundred dollars. For chief of bureau of yards and docks, civil engineer, chief clerk,Bureau of yards and docks; draughtsman, one clerk of class four, two clerks of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, nineteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For stationery, books, plans, drawings, labor, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.
For chief of bureau of equipment and recruiting, chief clerk, oneequipment and recruiting; clerk of class four, one clerk of class three, two clerks of class two, two clerks of class one, one messenger, and one laborer, fifteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For chief of bureau of navigation, chief clerk, one clerk of classnavigation. three, one clerk of class two, one messenger, and one laborer, nine thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars. 249 For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars.Navy Department.
For chief of bureau of ordnance, chief clerk, draughtsman, one clerk ofBureau of ordnance; class three, two clerks of class two, one messenger, and one laborer, thirteen thousand and sixty dollars. For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. For chief of bureau of construction and repairs, chief clerk, draughtsman,construction and repairs; one clerk of class four, two clerks of class three, two clerks of class two, one messenger, and one laborer, sixteen thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. For chief of bureau of steam engineering, chief clerk, draughtsman,steam engineering; one clerk of class two, one assistant draughtsman, one messenger, and one laborer, eleven thousand two hundred and sixty dollars. For stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. For chief of bureau of provisions and clothing, chief clerk, one clerkprovisions and clothing; of class four, two clerks of class three, three clerks of class one, two clerks of class two, one messenger, and one laborer, eighteen thousand two hundred and sixty dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items, eight hundred dollars. For chief of bureau of medicine and surgery, one clerk of classmedicine and surgery. four, one clerk of class three, one messenger, and one laborer, eight thousand four hundred and sixty dollars. For stationery and miscellaneous items, four hundred dollars.Stationery, &c. For five watchmen and two laborers for the building occupied by theWatchmen and laborers. Navy Department, five thousand and forty dollars. For incidental labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items for said building, six thousand dollars.
JUDICIARY.Judiciary. Office of the Attorney-General—For salaries of the Attorney-General,Pay of Attorney-General, assistants, clerks, &c. two assistant attorneys-general, law clerk, chief clerk, four clerks of class four, two clerks of class three, one clerk of class two, one clerk of class one, one messenger, thirty-four thousand five hundred and forty dollars. For one clerk, two thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of above office, viz.: For fuel, labor, furniture, stationery, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars.
For purchase of law and other necessary books for the office, oneLaw, &c. books. thousand dollars. *Supreme Court of the United States.*—For the Chief Justice and nineSupreme Court of the United States. associate or retired justices, sixty thousand five hundred dollars. For nine circuit judges to reside in circuit, forty-five thousand dollars.Circuit judges. For travelling expenses of the judge assigned to the tenth circuit for attending session of the Supreme Court of the United States, one thousand dollars.
For salary of the reporter, of the decisions of the Supreme Court ofReporter. the United States, two thousand five hundred dollars. For salary of the marshal of the Supreme Court, three thousand fiveMarshal. hundred dollars. For salaries of the district judges of the United States, one hundredDistrict judges. and sixty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For salaries of the chief justice of the supreme court of the District ofJudges in the District of Columbia. Columbia, the associate judges, and judge of the orphan’s court, nineteen thousand dollars.
For salary of the warden of the jail of the District of Columbia, twoWarden of jail. thousand dollars. For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States, eighteenDistrict attorneys and marshals. thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. 250 For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, eleven thousand three hundred dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the heads of the several departmentsFemale clerks may be appointed to any grades of clerkships, with pay, &c.Number of certain clerks not to be increased. are hereby authorized to appoint female clerks, who may be found to be competent and worthy, to any of the grades of clerkships known to the law, in the respective departments, with the compensation belonging to the class to which they may be appointed, but the number of first, second, third, and fourth class clerks shall not be increased by this section.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the compensation of all messengers, assistant messengers, laborers, and watchmen (whether day orPay of messengers, assistants, and laborers and watchmen, established. night) provided for in this act, unless otherwise specifically stated, shall be as follows: For messengers, eight hundred and forty dollars per annum; for assistant messengers, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum; for laborers and watchmen, seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum; and after the passage of this act no moneys herein or otherwiseNo part of appropriation for contingent, &c. expenses to be paid for clerical, &c. services. appropriated, or that may be hereafter appropriated, for contingent, incidental, or miscellaneous purposes, shall be expended or paid for official or clerical compensation; and it shall be the duty of the accounting officers to reject and disallow all such payments as illegal.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts and joint resolutions,All laws, &c. granting extra pay, repealed from July 1, 1870. or parts thereof, and all resolutions of either House of Congress, granting extra compensation or pay, be, and the same are hereby, repealed, to take effect on the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy, and that the appropriations made by the following parts of acts and resolutions be, and the same are hereby, repealed, to take effect from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, viz.:— Section five of the act of June twenty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,Express repeal of appropriations made by 1848, ch. 70, § 5.
Vol. ix. p. 238. being an appropriation for the salaries of special examiners of drugs, medicines, chemicals, and so forth. And said salaries shall, from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, be paid from the appropriation for collecting the revenue from customs. Section four of the act of July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,1867, ch. 38, § 4.Vol. xv. p. 18. being an appropriation for the pay and expenses of the commissioners under the treaty between the United States and the republic of Venezuela.
Section two of the act of June twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,1864, ch. 162.Vol. xiii. p. 195. being an appropriation for the pay and expenses of the commission under the treaty between the United States and her Britannic Majesty for the settlement of the claims of the Hudson’s Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies. Section three of the act of April seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,1869, ch. 12, § 3.*Ante*, p. 8. being an appropriation for the pay, expenses, and advances on account of the commission under the treaty of the United States and the republic of Mexico.
Section thirteen of the act of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and1866, ch. 298, § 13.Vol. xiv. p. 330. sixty-six, being an appropriation for salaries and contingent expenses of the bureau of statistics. Sections one and seven of the act of March three, eighteen hundred1849, ch. 129, §§ 1, 7.Vol. ix. pp. 414, 416. and forty-nine, being an appropriation to pay for horses, mules, and so forth, lost or destroyed while in the military service. Section one of the act of July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and1861, ch. 21.Vol. xii. p. 276. sixty-one, being an appropriation for refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers during the late rebellion.
And hereafter it shall be the duty of the proper department to submitEstimates to be submitted for such expenses.Certain appropriations to cease after June 30, 1870. estimates for the expenses and expenditures under these several heads, in the usual manner; and the appropriations of the amounts received from transfer drafts to the account of contingent expenses of the independent treasury, and of the amounts received from fines, penalties, and forfeitures to the account for expenses of United States courts, shall cease from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy. 251FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 251, 252. 1870 Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That all balances of appropriationsUnexpended balances of specific appropriations for any year to be applied only, &c.Balances not needed, to go to surplus fund.This not to apply to certain appropriations. contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfilment of contracts properly made within that year; and such balances not needed for the said purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund: *Provided,* That this section shall not apply to appropriations known as permanent or indefinite appropriations.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That all balances of appropriationsProvision as to balances of appropriations not drawn against for two years, &c.;*Post*, p. 601. which shall have remained on the books of the treasury, without being drawn against in the settlement of accounts for two years from the date of the last appropriation made by law, shall be reported by the Secretary of the Treasury to the auditor of the treasury, whose duty it is to settle accounts thereunder, and the auditor shall examine the books of his office, and certify to the Secretary whether such balances will be required in the settlement of any accounts pending in his office; and if it shall appear that such balances will not be required for this purpose, then the Secretary may include such balances in his warrant, whether the head of the proper department shall have certified that it may be carried into the general treasury or not.
But no appropriation for the payment of the interest ornot to apply to certain appropriations. principal of the public debt, or to which Congress may have given a longer duration of law, shall be thus treated. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall not be lawful for anyNo department to expend in any year more than appropriations for that year or, &c. department of the government to expend in any one fiscal year any sum in excess of appropriations made by Congress for that fiscal year, or to involve the government in any contract for the future payment of money in excess of such appropriations.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That section five of an act approvedMaximum pay of naval officers and surveyors. March three, eighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled “An act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of the government for the year eighteen hundred and forty-one,” shall be construed to haveConstruction of act 1841, ch. 35, § 5.Vol. v. p. 432. authorized and to authorize the naval officers and surveyors therein mentioned to receive the maximum compensation of five thousand dollars and four thousand five hundred dollars, respectively, as therein named, out of any and all fees and emoluments by them received.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the UnitedExpeditions to the North Pole.1871, ch. 117.*Post*, pp. 526, 534. States be authorized to organize and send out one or more expeditions toward the North Pole, and to appoint such person or persons as he may deem most fitted to the command thereof; to detail any officer of the public service to take part in the same, and to use any public vessel that may be suitable for the purpose; the scientific operations of the expeditionsScientific operations, how to be prescribed. to be prescribed in accordance with the advice of the National Academy of Sciences; and that the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or such part thereof as may be necessary, be hereby appropriated, out of anyAppropriation. moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the President.
Approved, July 12, 1870.
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