Chapter CCXCII. making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes
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CHAP. CCXCII.— An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other Purposes.July 15, 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, andCivil expenses appropriation. the same are hereby, appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, viz.:— *Supervising Inspectors of Steam Vessels.*—For carrying out the provisionsSupervising inspectors of steam vessels.1852, ch. 106.Vol. x. p. 61.Vol. xvii. p. 8. of the acts of the thirtieth August, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, for the better protection of the lives of passengers on vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and of the acts amendatory thereof, the following sums, viz.:— For salaries of fifty-nine local inspectors of steam vessels, and clerk in Local inspectors and clerks.local offices at New York and New Orleans, fifty-six thousand three hundred dollars.
For ten supervising inspectors of steam vessels, nine at two thousandSupervising inspectors. dollars each and one at two thousand five hundred dollars, twenty thousand five hundred dollars. For special agent of the department, two thousand one hundred andSpecial agent. ninety dollars. 292 FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 292. 1870. For contingent expenses, viz.: Travelling expenses of ten supervisingContingent expenses.Travelling expenses. inspectors at, not to exceed eight hundred dollars in any one year each, eight thousand dollars.
For travelling expenses of fifty-nine local inspectors, fifteen thousand dollars. For travelling expenses of the special agent of the department, one thousand four hundred dollars. For expenses of the meeting of the board of supervising inspectors,Annual meeting of inspectors, manual and report. including travel and necessary incidental expenses and printing of manual and report, four thousand dollars. For stationery, furniture for offices, and repairs of same, transportationFurniture, repairs, &c. of instruments, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items, ten thousand dollars. *Life-saving Stations.*—For salaries of two superintendents of the life-savingLife-saving stations on Long Island and New Jersey. stations on the coast of Long Island and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars.
For fifty-four keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, tenPay of superintendents and keepers. thousand eight hundred dollars. The sum of fifteen thousand dollars is hereby appropriated for continuingHumane Society of Massachusetts. the system of protecting human life from shipwreck as heretofore established by life-boats and other means on the coast of Massachusetts, to be expended by the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the direction and control of the Secretary of the Treasury.
For pay of six experienced surfmen to man each of the boats at alternateSurfmen to life-boats in New Jersey. life-saving stations on the New Jersey coast, commencing at the first station from Sandy Hook, from December fifteenth to March fifteenth, to be appointed by the keepers thereof, at forty dollars per month, ten thousand and eighty dollars. For contingent expenses of life-saving stations on the coast of the UnitedContingent expenses. States, ten thousand dollars. *Revenue-Cutter Service.*—For pay of officers and pilots, four hundredRevenue-cutter service. and eight thousand six hundred dollars.
For rations for officers and pilots, twenty-eight thousand four hundred and seventy-nine dollars. For pay of petty officers and crew, three hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For rations for petty officers and crew, one hundred and thirty-three thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars. For fuel, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For repairs and outfits, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For supplies of ship chandlery, seventy thousand dollars.
For travelling expenses, ten thousand dollars. *Loans and Treasury Notes.*—For paper, engraving, printing, expressExpenses of loans and treasury notes. charges, and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, seventy-five thousand dollars. For expenses in detecting and bringing to trial and punishment personsDetection of counterfeiting and frauds upon government. engaged in counterfeiting treasury notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other frauds upon the government, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. *Public Lands.*—For rent of office of surveyor-general of Louisiana,Public lands.
Office of surveyor-general in Louisiana; fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Florida, fuel, books, stationery,Florida; and other incidental expenses, one thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Minnesota, fuel, books, stationery,Minnesota; and other incidental expenses, two thousand two hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Dakota, fuel, books, stationery,Dakota. and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. 293 For rent of office of surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery,Office of surveyor-general inKansas; and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For office rent of surveyor-general of Colorado, fuel, books, stationery,Colorado; and incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of New Mexico, fuel, books, stationery,New Mexico; and other incidental expenses, one thousand two hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of California and Arizona, fuel,California and Arizona; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, four thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Idaho, fuel, books, stationery,Idaho; and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery,Nevada; and other incidental expenses, four thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Oregon, fuel, books, stationery,Oregon; and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel,Washington Territory; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, fuel,Nebraska and Iowa; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana Territory, fuel,Montana; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, three thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of the Territory [of] Utah,Utah. fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars. *Expenses of the Collection of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands.*—Expenses of collection of revenue from sales of public lands.Registers and receivers.For salaries and commissions of registers of land offices and receivers of public moneys at sixty-six land offices, three hundred and five thousand six hundred dollars.
For incidental expenses of the land offices, twenty thousand six hundred dollars. For salaries, commissions, and incidental expenses of two additionalExpenses of new land offices.1870, ch. 84.Ante, p. 117. land offices created by the act of May five, eighteen hundred and seventy, twelve thousand dollars. For salaries, commissions, and incidental expenses of four additional land offices created by the acts of May eleven and twenty-seven, eighteen1870, ch. 98, 113.Ante, pp. 122, 139.Land office at Le Grand, Oregon. hundred and seventy, twenty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That the land office at Le Grand, in the State of Oregon, shall be allowed its incidental expenses, commencing with its organization. *Metropolitan Police.*—For salaries and other necessary expenses ofMetropolitan police. the metropolitan police for the district of Columbia, two hundred and eleven thousand and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That a further sum, amountingWashington and Georgetown to contribute. to one hundred and five thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars, shall be paid to defray the expenses of the said metropolitan police force by the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and the county of Washington, (beyond the limits of said cities,) in the District of Columbia, in the proportion corresponding to the number of privates allotted severally to said precincts; and the corporate authorities of said cities,Special tax to be levied, and how to be expended. and the levy court of said county, are hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax, not exceeding one third of one per centum, to be appropriated and expended for said purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. *Government Hospital for the Insane.*—For the support, clothing,Government Hospital for the Insane. medical, and moral treatment of the insane of the army and navy, revenue-cutter, and volunteer service, who may have become insane since their entry into the service of the United States, and of the indigent insane, of the District of Columbia in the Government Hospital for the Insane, including five hundred dollars for books, stationery, and incidental expenses, ninety thousand five hundred dollars. 294 For the erection, heating, lighting, furnishing, and fitting up an extensionExtension of the government hospital for the insane. of the hospital for the accommodation of one hundred patients in the three upper stories, and to contain separate tailors’ and shoemakers’ shops, and lodging rooms, and a day room for twenty employe[e]s, fifty-nine thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollars. *Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.*—For the support ofColumbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, and the maintenance of the beneficiaries of the United States, forty thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars: *Provided,* That the number of studentsNumber of students in, &c. may be increased to forty.1867, ch. 167.Vol. xiv. p. 464.1868, ch. 262.Vol. xv. p. 232.Provision as to students now in institution, &c. in the collegiate department from the several States authorized by the acts of March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, may be increased to forty; but no student now at said institution, coming from said States under said acts, shall be supported therein by the United States, from and after the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and no student hereafter coming to said institution from either of said States under said acts and this act, shall be supported by the United States during any portion of the time he remains therein.
For completion of the main central building, ninety-four thousand andMain central building. eighty-seven dollars. *Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum.*—For the supportColumbia Hospital for Women, &c. of the institution, over and above the probable amount which will be received from pay patients, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of building and necessary repairs, three thousand dollars. For the support of the National Association of Destitute ColoredNational Association of Destitute Colored Women of Washington.
Women of Washington, in the District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. *National Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home.*—For the NationalNational Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans Home. Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, fifteen thousand dollars, to be disbursed under direction of the Secretary of the Interior. For care, support, and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers,Transient paupers. medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, under a contract to be formed with such institution,Contract to be made. twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, under the direction of the surgeon-general of the army. *Smithsonian Institution.*—For preservation of the collections of theSmithsonian Institution. surveying and exploring expeditions of the government, ten thousand dollars.
Toward the completion of the hall required for the government collections, ten thousand dollars. *Botanic Garden.*—For completing the main walk through the BotanicBotanic Garden. Garden, to be expended under the direction of the joint committee on the library, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars. For concreting, three hundred dollars. For labor and materials for gutters around the walks, seven hundred dollars. For putting Mansard story on the western office buildings, and forBuildings. casual repairs, for iron floor grating, iron screen for rotunda, and for glass screens, five thousand and twenty-five dollars.
For fencing the Botanic Garden on the Maryland Avenue side in theFencing. same manner as it is fenced upon the Pennsylvania Avenue side, seven thousand five hundred dollars. *Public Buildings under Treasury Department.*—For inclosing the custom-housePublic buildings under Treasury Department. building at Astoria, Oregon, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the custom-house building at Cairo, Illinois, including paving, curbing, grading, and fencing, sixty thousand dollars.Custom-house at Astoria;Cairo;
For completing the custom-house building at Portland, Maine, including paving, grading, curbing, and fencing, thirty-seven thousand two hundredPortland, Me. and twenty-two dollars. 295 For continuing the construction of the custom-house building at Portland,Custom-house building at Portland, Oregon; Oregon, forty thousand dollars. For completing the custom-house building at Saint Paul, Minnesota,Saint Paul;proviso; one hundred thousand and fifty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents: *Provided,* That no part of the money shall be expended until a contract or contracts shall be entered into, by the proper authorities, with the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, for the completion of the entire building at a sum, including all moneys already expended in its construction, not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars; and the expenditure of any sum of money in violation of this proviso shall be deemed unlawful.
But this proviso shall not be construed to prevent the payment of amounts due or to become due under existing contracts. For repairs and preservation of the custom-house building at NewNew Orleans; Orleans, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars. For repairs and improvement of the custom-house building in SanSan Francisco; Francisco, California, ten thousand dollars. For repairs and improvement of the custom-house building in Chicago,Chicago; Illinois, twenty thousand dollars.
For repairs and improvement of the custom-house building at Baltimore,Baltimore; Maryland, twenty thousand dollars. For repairs and improvement of custom-house building at Petersburg,Petersburg; Virginia, ten thousand dollars. For repairs of the old custom-house at Charleston, South Carolina, toCharleston; fit the same for a post-office, twenty thousand dollars. For completing the custom-house at Wiscasset, Maine, and grading andWiscasset. fencing the grounds surrounding it, four thousand dollars.
For completion of the work on the appraisers’ stores in Philadelphia,Appraisers’ stores, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, including paving, grading, and curbing, forty-six thousand one hundred and forty-six dollars; and for four tanks, four steam-pumps, hose, and four projecting lifts for loading and unloading heavy goods, eight thousand two hundred dollars; and for six hoisting machines, fifteen thousand dollars; in all, sixty-nine thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars. For completing the work on the marine hospital in Chicago, Illinois,Marine hospital, Chicago. thirty-one thousand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enterContracts in advance for completion. into contracts for the completion of said building in advance of the appropriation of moneys sufficient to complete the same in accordance with the conditions in said act contained.
For finishing the interior of the court-house building at Madison, Wisconsin,Court-house at Madison; and for paving, grading, curbing, sewage, and fencing, forty thousand dollars. For completing the court-house building at Portland, Maine, includingPortland; paving, curbing, and grading, twenty-five thousand dollars. For completing the interior of the court-house building at Des Moines,Des Moines. Iowa, and for curbing, paving, grading, and sewerage, sixteen thousand dollars.
For continuing the construction of the court-house, post-office, andCourt-house, post-office, &c. in Omaha.Proviso. custom-house building at Omaha, Nebraska, fifty thousand dollars; *Provided,* That the total cost of the building shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars, and estimates and plans for the same shall be approved by the Postmaster-General and Secretary of the Treasury. For continuing the construction of the building for post-office andContinuing construction of post-office and court-house in New York city.*Ante*, p. 85.Contracts for completion. court-house in New York city, five hundred thousand dollars, subject to all the conditions limiting this appropriation in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the completion of said building in advance of the appropriation of moneys sufficient to complete the same in accordance with the conditions in said act contained; and the296 proviso in relation to the appropriation for continuing the construction ofProviso to former appropriation modified. said building contained in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby so modified as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to adopt as a part of the contract therein provided for, any contracts in reference to said building approved by him before said April twenty: *Provided,* That the limitation of cost therein contained isCost.Plans and estimates for buildings for the United States to be made before, &c. and cost not to exceed the estimate. not thereby affected: *And provided further,* That hereafter, before any new buildings for the use of the United States are commenced, plans and full estimates therefor shall be prepared and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, Postmaster-General, and the Secretary of the Interior, and the cost of the building shall not exceed the amount of said estimate.
For repairs and alterations of the court-house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Court-house in Philadelphia. fifteen thousand dollars. For continuing the work on the post-office and sub-treasury building inPost-office and sub-treasury in Boston.*Ante*, p. 85.Contracts for completion. Boston, Massachusetts, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, subject to all the conditions limiting this appropriation in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to enter into contracts for the completion of said building in advance of the appropriation of moneys sufficient to complete the same in accordance with the conditions in said act contained; and theProviso to former appropriation modified. proviso in relation to the appropriation for continuing the construction contained in the act of April twenty, eighteen hundred and seventy, is hereby so modified as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to adopt as a part of the contracts therein provided for, any contracts in reference to said building approved by him before said April twenty: *Provided,* That the limitation of cost therein contained is not thereby affected.
For barge office at New York, one hundred thousand dollars.Barge office. For inclosing and putting in safe condition the building for branchBranch mint in Dalles City, Oregon. mint in Dalles City, Oregon, ten thousand dollars. For continuing the work on the branch mint building in San Francisco,Branch mint building in San Francisco.Total cost not to exceed.Unrefined or imparted bullion may be exchanged at any mint, until, &c. California, five hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the total cost of the building, exclusive of the sum paid for the site thereof, shall not exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars: *And provided further,* That it shall be lawful, until after the completion and occupation of said branch mint building, to exchange, at any mint or branch mint of the United States, unrefined or unparted bullion whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, it can be done with advantage to the government: *Provided,* That the weight, fineness, and value of the bullionWeight, &c. of bullion determined by mint assay.Proviso. received and given in exchange shall be determined by the mint assay: *And provided further,* That the authority hereby given shall not be construed so as to interfere with the rights and privileges now or heretofore enjoyed by depositors of bullion at said mints.
For repairs and preservation of public buildings under the control ofPublic buildings under Treasury Department. the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars. For furniture for custom-house in Portland, Maine, fifteen thousandFurniture for custom and court houses, &c. dollars. For furniture for court-house in Portland, Maine, ten thousand dollars. For furniture for court-house in Madison, Wisconsin, ten thousand dollars. For furniture for custom-house in Cairo, Illinois, ten thousand dollars.
For furniture and repairs of furniture for public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, fifty thousand dollars. For fuel and lights for public buildings under the control of the TreasuryFuel and lights. Department, sixty-five thousand dollars. For heating apparatus for public buildings under the control of theHeating. Treasury Department, twenty thousand dollars. For vaults, safes, and locks for the public buildings under the controlVaults, safes, &c. of the Treasury Department, twenty-five thousand dollars. 297 For repairs and preservation of the lazaretto property, near Philadelphia,Lazaretto property. eight thousand dollars.
For the erection of a public building in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri,Erection of building at St Louis.Vol. xvii. p. 12.Site to be given, jurisdiction ceded, and taxation relinquished. for the use of the custom-house and other civil officers of the government of the United States, three hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the authorities of the city of Saint Louis shall donate to the United States, by a proper instrument of conveyance, to be accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury, a lot of ground in said city, of suitable dimensions and centrally located: *And provided further,* That the State of Missouri shall cede to the United States jurisdiction over the lot donated, and release and relinquish to the United States the right to tax or in any way to assess said site, or the property of the United States that may be thereon, during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directedPlans and estimates. to cause plans and estimates for the completion of the building to be prepared and submitted to Congress at its next session. *Lighthouses, Beacons, and Stations.*—For Whale’s Back lighthouse,Lighthouses, beacons, and stations.Portsmouth.*Post*, p. 510. off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for rebuilding the lighthouse and pier, seventy thousand dollars.
For three beacon-lights to complete the system for the harbor of Salem,Salem. Massachusetts, thirty thousand dollars. For fog-signal at Beavertail light station, Rhode Island, three thousandRhode Island. five hundred dollars. For the construction of three permanent lights in Providence river, Rhode Island, above Sabin’s point, twenty thousand dollars. For shed and open wharf on northern boundary of Staten Island lighthouseStaten island. depot, twenty-five thousand dollars, and for a wharf covered with sheet-piling in point of basin at same place, ten thousand dollars,—in all, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For rebuilding beacon-light at Bridgeport, Connecticut, forty-fiveBridgeport. thousand dollars. For continuing construction of lighthouse on Race rock, Long IslandRace rock. sound, ten thousand dollars. For a lighted beacon on Long Beach bar at the entrance to PeconicLong Beach bar. bay, eastern end of Long island, seventeen thousand dollars. For protecting site of Execution Rocks light station, New York, eightExecution Rocks. thousand dollars. For repairing the stone piers belonging to the United States in theNew Castle, Del. harbor of New Castle, Delaware, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For the improvement of Bulkhead rock in Providence river, RhodeBulkhead rock. Island, two thousand five hundred dollars. For protecting site of Princess Bay light station from encroachmentsPrincess bay. of the sea, twelve thousand dollars. For rebuilding Esopus Meadow light station, Hudson river, New York,Esopus meadow. twenty-five thousand dollars. For building a lighthouse at Colchester point, or in its vicinity, LakeColchester. Champlain, twenty thousand dollars. For protection of Absecom lighthouse site from encroachments of theAbsecom. sea, ten thousand dollars.
For a new lantern at Maurice River, Delaware, light station, twoMaurice river. thousand dollars. For rebuilding Fort Mifflin light station, twenty-three thousand fiveFort Mifflin. hundred dollars. For building wharves, sheds, and otherwise fitting the Christiana lightChristiana. station as a buoy depot, and winter harbor for light-vessels, at the mouth of the Christiana river, near Wilmington, Delaware, ten thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light station on White shoals, Virginia, fifteenWhite shoals. thousand dollars. 298 For rebuilding the lighthouse on Point of Shoals, Virginia, fifteenPoint of Shoals. thousand dollars.
For commencing construction of lighthouse on Penfield reef, nearPenfield reef. Bridgeport, Connecticut, Long Island sound, thirty thousand dollars. For building a lighthouse on Love point, in Chesapeake bay, fifteenLove point. thousand dollars. For building a lighthouse at Paul Gamiel’s hill or at or near BodiesBodies island. island, about midway between Cape Henry and Cape Hatteras, sixty thousand dollars. For beginning the construction of a first-class lighthouse on AlligatorAlligator reef. reef, Florida, being part of the system for lighting the Florida reefs, one hundred thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the keeper’s dwelling at Cape San Blas light station,Cape San Blas. Florida, ten thousand dollars. For rebuilding the lighthouse at Bolivar point, near Galveston, Texas,Bolivar point. forty thousand dollars. For building sheds, wharves, and so forth, at the buoy depot at theBuoy depot. head of the passes of the Mississippi, twelve thousand dollars. For range-light on Decros point, at the entrance of Matagorda bay,Decros point. fifteen thousand dollars. For an iron lighthouse at Southwest pass of the Mississippi river,Southwest pass. forty-one thousand dollars, in addition to former appropriations.
For building a lighthouse on Barber’s point, Lake Champlain, NewBarber’s point. York, fifteen thousand dollars. For building a lighthouse on Bluff point, Valcour Island, Lake Champlain,Bluff point. fifteen thousand dollars. For two lights on the breakwater now being built at Buffalo, NewBuffalo. York, thirty thousand dollars. For rebuilding keeper’s dwelling at Waugoschance light station, LakeWaugoschance. Michigan, twelve thousand dollars. For a spindle or beacon off the reef near the Norwalk island, Connecticut,Norwalk island. one thousand dollars.
For beacon-light at Pere Marquette harbor, Lake Michigan, six thousandPere Marquette. dollars. For beacon-light at Black Lake harbor, Michigan, six thousand dollars.Black Lake. For beacon at Saint Joseph, (on the pier,) Lake Michigan, three thousandSaint Joseph. dollars. For range-light at North bay, Lake Michigan, seven thousand fiveNorth bay. hundred dollars. For day beacon on Whale’s Back reef, Green bay, Michigan, ten thousandWhale’s Back reef. dollars. For repairs and renovations at Round Island light station, eight thousandRound island. dollars.
For rebuilding Point Iroquois light station, Lake Superior, eighteenPoint Iroquois. thousand dollars. For range-lights at the mouth of Saginaw river, Michigan, twelve thousandSaginaw river. dollars. For a lake coast lighthouse at Presque Ile, Lake Huron, twenty-eightPresque Ile. thousand dollars, in addition to former appropriations for rebuilding keeper’s dwelling. For continuing the construction of a lighthouse on Spectacle reef,Spectacle reef. Lake Huron, one hundred thousand dollars, in addition to former appropriations.
For improvements at South Manitou light station, Lake Michigan, tenSouth Manitou. thousand dollars. For repairs and renovations of Eagle Harbor light station, Lake Superior,Eagle harbor. fourteen thousand dollars. For lighthouse and fog-signal at Point Reyes, California, forty-fivePoint Reyes. thousand dollars, in addition to former appropriations. 299 For building a lighthouse at or near the mouth of the Oak OrchardOak Orchard. creek, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, New York, twenty thousand dollars.
For two harbor range-lights to mark the entrance to Aquina bay, Oregon,Aquina bay. twenty thousand dollars. To establish a light to mark the pier at the harbor of Plymouth, Duxbury,Plymouth and Kingston. and Kingston, in the State of Massachusetts, seventeen thousand nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-three cents. For a new lighthouse at Punta Arenas, California, in addition to formerPunta Arenas. appropriations, twenty thousand dollars. For a new lighthouse at Cape Blanco, Oregon, in addition to formerCape Blanco. appropriations, twenty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding a first-class lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina,Cape Hatteras. in addition to former appropriations, fifty-two thousand five hundred dollars. For a beacon on White rock, Wickford harbor, Rhode Island, sixWhite rock. thousand dollars. *For Lighthouse Repairs.*—In the third district. For repairs andLighthouse repairs.Third district. renovations at Poplar Point, Watch Hill, Gardner’s Island, and Horton’s Point light station, twelve thousand three hundred dollars.
For repairs and renovations at North Dumpling light station, fifteen thousand dollars. For repairs and renovations at Falkner’s Island light station, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs and renovations at the New Haven light station, four thousand eight hundred dollars. In the tenth district. For repairs and renovations at Ogdensburg lightTenth district. station, thirteen thousand dollars. For repairs and renovations at Horse Island light station, twelve thousand dollars.
For repairs and renovations at Big Sodus light station, fourteen thousand dollars. For repairs and renovations at Stoney Point light station, Lake Ontario, thirteen thousand dollars. In the eleventh district. For repairs at Beaver Island, Port Du Mort,Eleventh district. Sheybogan, and other light stations, three thousand dollars. In the thirteenth district. For lighthouse and buoy-tender for theThirteenth district. thirteenth district, ninety thousand dollars. *Armories and Arsenals.*—For repairs and improvements at SpringfieldArmories and arsenals.Springfield. armory, Massachusetts, eleven thousand four hundred dollars.
For continuing the development of water-power at Rock Island armoryRock island. and arsenal, two hundred thousand dollars. For completing workshops numbers one and two at the same, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For macadamizing its main avenues and streets, five thousand dollars. For repairing quarters at the same, five thousand dollars. For Allegheny arsenal, for one half the cost of grading, curbing,Allegheny. and paving Thirty-ninth and Fortieth streets, from Butler Street, to Allegheny Valley railroad, seven thousand six hundred and twelve dollars and fifty-five cents.
For Benicia arsenal, for repairs of buildings and grounds, three thousandBenicia. dollars. For Columbus arsenal, for grading, making roads and drains, five thousandColumbus. dollars. For Fort Monroe arsenal, for painting and repairing, one thousandFort Monroe. dollars. For Indianapolis arsenal, for preservation of buildings and grounds,Indianapolis. two thousand dollars. 300 For Leavenworth arsenal, for repairs of building, streets, and walks,Leavenworth. one thousand dollars.
For San Antonio arsenal, for repairs of officers’ quarters, office, andSan Antonio. painting fences and roofs, five hundred dollars. For Vancouver arsenal, for repairs of buildings, fences, and walks, fiveVancouver. hundred dollars. For Watervliet arsenal, to complete the old wharf to the prescribedWatervliet. wharf line and connect it with the new work, and to complete the filling in behind the new wharf, ten thousand dollars; and for removing and replacing the present overshot water-wheel by a turbine, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for flooring in new shop for wood machine, four hundred dollars.
For Watertown arsenal, for repairs at the post, three thousand dollars.Watertown. For contingencies at all the arsenals, five thousand dollars.Contingencies. For the survey of northern and northwestern lakes, one hundred thousandSurvey of northern and north western lakes and rivers. dollars. For continuing the construction of Rock Island bridge, three hundred thousand dollars.Rock Island bridge. For examinations and surveys on western and northwestern rivers, fifty thousand dollars. *Public Works in and around Washington.*—For repairs, care, and improvementPublic works in and around Washington.Repairs, &c. under direction of chief engineer. of public buildings, grounds, and works in the District of Columbia, under the direction of the chief engineer of the army, viz.:— For casual repairs of the navy yard and upper bridges, sixteen thousandBridges. five hundred dollars.
For fuel for the President’s house, five thousand dollars. For repairs and refurnishing the President’s house, fifteen thousandPresident’s house. dollars. For public reservation number two and Lafayette Square, two thousandPublic squares and grounds. dollars. For care and improvement of grounds south of the President’s house, two thousand dollars. For removing snow and ice from pavements and public walks, fiveSnow and ice. hundred dollars. For manure, and hauling the same to public grounds and reservations, five hundred dollars.
For improvement and care of reservations on New York, Pennsylvania,Reservations. Maryland, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, and other avenues, three thousand dollars. For painting iron fences around Lafayette Square, in front of WarIron fences, &c. and Navy Departments, and Judiciary Square, three thousand dollars. For inclosing, paving, and improving the circle at the intersection of Vermont and Massachusetts avenues, eleven thousand one hundred and twenty-four dollars. For an iron fence, and paving and improving around Franklin Square, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For annual repairs, and repainting the exterior of the President’sPresident’s house. house, ten thousand dollars. For flower-pots, mats, and twine, one thousand dollars. For fuel for centre building of the Capitol, five hundred dollars. For enlarging the shafts of escape for the impure air of the SenateVentilation of Senate chamber. chamber, two thousand five hundred dollars. For propagating house for the use of the public grounds, under thePublic grounds. public gardener, three thousand dollars.
For hire of carts on public grounds, three thousand dollars. For hire of three horses and carts in the public grounds, fifty cents per day additional each, five hundred dollars. For purchase and repair of tools for public grounds, one thousand dollars. 301 For purchase of trees and tree boxes, to whitewash tree boxes, and soTrees, &c. forth, two thousand dollars. For annual repairs of fences around reservations, two thousand dollars.Fences. For cleaning out sewer traps along Pennsylvania Avenue, five hundred dollars.
For lighting President’s house, Capitol, and public grounds, forty thousandLighting buildings and grounds. dollars. For pay of lamplighters, plumbing, and gas-fitting, five thousand dollars. For contingencies of office of public buildings, one thousand dollars, For expenses to be incurred in the improvements of streets, avenues,Improvements of streets, &c. and alleys, passing by or through the property of the United States, and to abate nuisances, twenty thousand dollars. For improvement and care of seats and fountains in the Capitol grounds, one thousand dollars.
For construction of circular fence around and through the President’s grounds to Seventeenth Street, including foundation walls, curbing, flagging, and iron fencing, ten thousand dollars. For additional repairs to the greenhouse at the President’s house, twoGreenhouses. thousand five hundred dollars. For repairs of the greenhouses at the propagating garden, one thousand five hundred dollars. For taking out private stairway leading from law library to SupremeLaw library. Court room, and fitting up the rooms thus made with shelving for library, two thousand dollars. *Washington Aqueduct.*—For the completion of the Washington aqueduct,Washington aqueduct. except coping and covering of bridges; for rent and purchase of five and forty-four one hundre[d]ths acres of land, one thousand three hundred and twenty dollars.
For purchase of roadway from Great Falls to conduit road, two and three tenths miles, eighteen and four tenths acres, one thousand and twelve dollars. For purchase of roadway across land owned by William Brooke, five hundred and fifty dollars. For rent and purchase of land at High Service reservoir, in Georgetown, three thousand three hundred dollars. For rent and purchase of land at bridge number six, in Georgetown, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars. For clearing out obstructions near the dam to give free access in low water to the head of the aqueduct, five thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs in tunnel number one, and removing fallen stones, one thousand five hundred dollars. For preserving the new or Dalecarlia tunnel from falling in, and protecting bank of connecting conduit, twenty thousand dollars. For completing the distributing reservoir according to the original plan: First, slope wall for protection of banks, thirty thousand dollars; second, repairing earthen banks, and completing dividing bank and setting iron valve gate therein, five thousand dollars; third, completing the two gate-houses of this reservoir, twenty thousand dollars.
For arrears of superintendence and repairs to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy, four thousand dollars. For completing work at arch over High Service reservoir, and placing rail round the same, four thousand dollars. For superintendency and general repairs, twelve thousand dollars. For macadamizing the top of the conduit now used as the main roadAppropriation, how to be applied. to Washington, ten thousand dollars,—in all one hundred and twenty thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars: *Provided,* That the money hereby appropriated for the Washington aqueduct shall be applied to the objects named herein, and to no others: *Provided further,* That all302 water rents derived from the Washington aqueduct shall be applied toWater rents, how to be applied. the improvement and repair of the same, and for no other purpose, until otherwise provided by law.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. For the necessary repairs and improvements at the following navyRepairs, &c. at navy yard at yards:— *Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.*—for the necessary repairsPortsmouth; of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at Boston.*—For repairs of buildings, and repairs of allBoston; kinds, one hundred thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at New York.*—For repairs of all kinds, one hundredNew York; thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at Philadelphia.*—For repairs of all kinds, twenty-fivePhiladelphia; thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at Washington.*—For repairs of all kinds, fifty thousandWashington; dollars. *Navy Yard at Norfolk.*—For preservation of the yard, and the necessaryNorfolk; repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at Pensacola.*—For preservation of the yard, and thePensacola; necessary repairs of all kinds, thirty thousand dollars. *Navy Yard at Mare Island.*—For completing foundery and boiler establishment,Mare island. fifty thousand dollars; for saw-mill machinery, twenty thousand dollars; for machinery for house-joiners’ shop, five thousand dollars; and for repairs of all kinds, fifty thousand dollars. *Naval Station at Sackett’s Harbor.*—For repairs and the general careNaval station at Sackett’s harbor; of the public property, one thousand dollars. *Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois.*—For necessary repairs of allMound city. kinds, three thousand dollars.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.Public buildings. *Under the Direction of the Architect of the Capitol Extension.*—ForUnder direction of architect of Capitol extension. finishing and repairing the work on the Capitol extension, and for curbing and flagging upper terraces, one hundred thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the old portion of the Capitol building, painting,Capitol. glazing, keeping roofs in order, water-pipes, pavements, and approaches to the building, and extension of the steam-heating apparatus, ten thousand dollars.
For finishing and repairing the work on the new dome of the Capitol,Dome. four thousand dollars. For continuing the work of grading and filling the grounds aroundCapitol grounds.First expenditure how to be applied. the Capitol, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the first expenditure of this appropriation shall be devoted to grading and putting in order the plateau of the east front of the Capitol, and making proper approaches thereto. *Patent-Office Building.*—For grading the southern half of G Street,Patent-office building. from Seventh to Ninth streets, and paving the same, seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That the corporation of Washington cityGrading part of G Street.City of Washington to cause other part to be graded. cause the north half of G Street between Seventh and Ninth Streets to be paved at the same time, the cost thereof to be assessed against the private property fronting thereupon in the manner usual in cases of such improvements.
For rent of additional rooms for the use of the Department of the Interior,Rooms for Department of Interior. four thousand dollars. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.Agricultural department. *Building on Reservation Number Two.*—For the erection of glassBuilding on reservation number two. structures for the culture of medical, textile, and economic plants, twenty-five thousand dollars. 303 For labor in improvement of the grounds, eight thousand dollars.Agricultural Department. For terrace walls and gateway, five hundred dollars.
For material for roads and walks, seven thousand dollars. For vases, two hundred dollars. For new tools, repairing, and blacksmithing, one thousand dollars. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. for repairs and improvements for the proper ventilation of the roomsVentilation of dead-letter branch. used by the dead-letter branch of the Post-Office Department, ten thousand dollars. LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.Lighthouse establishment. For repairs and incidental expenses in refitting and improving lighthousesRepairs of lighthouses and buildings. and buildings connected therewith, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For salaries of six hundred and twenty lighthouse keepers and light-beaconSalaries. keepers, and their assistants, four hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred dollars. For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs, salaries, supplies, and incidentalSeamen’s wages, &c. expenses of twenty-five light-vessels, two hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and ninety dollars. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, remooring, andBuoys and beacons. supplying losses of buoys and beacons, and for chains, sinkers, and similar necessaries, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in refitting and improving fog-signalsFog-signals. and buildings connected therewith, thirty thousand dollars. For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation,Visiting and inspecting lights. two thousand dollars. For supplying the lighthouses and beacon-lights on the Atlantic,Supplies for lighthouses and beacon lights. Gulf, Lake, and Pacific coasts, with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, chamois skins, spirits of wine, whiting, polishing powder, towels, brushes, soap, paints, and other cleaning materials, and for expenses of repairing and keeping in repair illuminating apparatus and machinery, and of gauging, testing, transportation, delivery of oil and other supplies for lighthouses, and other incidental necessary expenses, two hundred and fifty-one thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars.
SURVEY OF THE COAST.Coast survey. For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coast of the UnitedAtlantic and Gulf coast. States, and Lake Champlain, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, and excluding pay and emoluments of officers of the army and navy and petty officers and men of the navy employed in the work, three hundred and ninety-one thousand dollars. For continuing the survey of the Pacific coast of the United States, includingPacific coast. compensation of civilians engaged in the work, two hundred thousand dollars.
For pay and rations of engineers for the steamers used in the coastPay, &c. of engineers. survey, no longer supplied by the Navy Department, five thousand dollars. For continuing the publication of the observations made in the progressPublication of observations. of coast survey, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the government printing office, two thousand dollars. For repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in theRepairs, &c. of vessels. coast survey, forty-five thousand dollars. 304 SURVEYING THE PUBLIC LANDS.Surveying public lands in For surveying the public lands in Louisiana, at rates not exceeding tenLouisiana; dollars per lineal mile for township and eight dollars for section lines, including the survey of township twelve south, range eleven east, in which the city of New Orleans is situated, at twenty-five dollars per lineal mile, ten thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Florida, at rates not exceeding tenFlorida; dollars per lineal mile for standard, seven dollars for township, and six for section lines, ten thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceedingMinnesota: fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, at rates not exceedingDakota; ten dollars per mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That ten thousand dollars of this appropriation shall be expended for surveysPembina land district; in the Pembina land district.
For surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceedingMontana; fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceeding tenNebraska; dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Kansas, at rates not exceeding tenKansas; dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, six dollars for township, and five dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Colorado, at rates not exceedingColorado; fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Idaho, at rates not exceeding fifteenIdaho; dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in New Mexico, at rates not exceedingNew Mexico; fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, ten thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Arizona, at rates not exceeding fifteenArizona. dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That it shallSurveyor-general of Arizona to report upon the nature and extent of claims to lands therein, under the laws and usages of Spain and Mexico.1864, ch. 103, § 8.Vol. x. p. 309.Reports to be laid before Congress. be the duty of the surveyor-general of Arizona, under such instructions as may be given by the Secretary of the Interior, to ascertain and report upon the origin, nature, character, and extent of the claims to lands in said Territory under the laws, usages, and customs of Spain and Mexico; and for this purpose he shall have all the powers conferred, and shall perform all the duties enjoined upon the surveyor-general of New Mexico by the eighth section of an act entitled “An act to establish the offices of surveyor-general of New Mexico, Kansas, and Nebraska, to grant donations to actual settlers, and for other purposes,”approved July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and his report shall be laid before Congress for such action thereon as shall be deemed just and proper.
For surveying the public lands in California, at rates not exceedingSurvey of public lands in California. fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,*Proviso. That the commissioner of the general land office, in his discretion, may hereafter authorize public lands in said State, densely covered with forests or thick undergrowth, to be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per mile for standard parallels, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines: *Provided further,* ThatLands subject to private entry and withdrawn, to be open to homestead and pre-emption settlers before, &c. wherever lands in California subject to private entry have been or shall305 be withdrawn from market for any cause, such lands shall not thereafter be held subject to private entry until they shall have first been opened for at least ninety days to homestead and pre-emption settlers, and again offered at public sale.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon, at rates not exceeding fifteenSurvey of public lands in Oregon;proviso; dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the commissioner of the general land office, in his discretion, may hereafter authorize public lands in said State, densely covered with forests or thick undergrowth, to be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per mile for standard parallels, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines.
For surveying the public lands in Washington Territory, at rates notin Washington Territory; exceeding fifteen dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars:proviso; *Provided,* That the commissioner of the general land-office, in his discretion, may authorize public lands in said Territory, densely covered with forests or thick undergrowth, to be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per mile for standard parallels, fifteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines.
For surveying the public lands in Utah Territory, at rates not exceedingin Utah Territory; fifteen dollars per mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nevada, at rates not exceeding fifteenin Nevada. dollars per lineal mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty-seven thousand dollars: *Provided,* ThatSurvey of eastern boundary of State of Nevada. seventeen thousand dollars (including the sum of ten thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars, appropriated by act of July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight) may be used for the survey of the eastern boundary line of said State, but no higher sum than forty dollars per linealLimit to price. mile shall be paid for such survey.
For the survey of public lands within the limits of the land grant ofSurvey of public lands within the land grant of the Union Pacific Railroad Company in Colorado; the Union Pacific Railroad Company in the Territories of Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, as follows:— For surveying the public lands in the Territory of Colorado at rates not exceeding fifteen dollars for standard lines, twelve dollars for township lines, and ten dollars for section lines, ten thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in the Territory of Utah at rates notUtah; exceeding fifteen dollars for standard, twelve dollars for township lines, and ten dollars for section lines, ten thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in the Territory of Wyoming at ratesWyoming. not exceeding fifteen dollars for standard lines, twelve dollars for township lines, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars: *Provided,*Survey of public lands in Wyoming Territory and rates.Surveys of Union Pacific Railroad Co.’s land grant to be conditional upon, &c.1864, ch. 216, § 21.Vol. xiii. p. 365.1862, ch. 120.Vol. xii. p. 489. That the foregoing appropriations for surveys of public lands within the limits of the Union Pacific Railroad Company’s land grant shall be conditional upon the compliance of said company or party in interest with the requirements of the twenty-first section of the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes,’ approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two.
” For the survey of the public lands within the limits of the land grantSurvey of public lands within the grant to Northern Pacific Railroad Co.Part to be expended where.Cost of surveying, &c. to be paid before conveyances are made. to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company in a direct line extending from Du Luth, on Lake Superior, to Georgetown, on the Red river of the North, ninety-five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars: *Provided,* That five thousand dollars of this appropriation shall be expended for office work by the surveyor-general of Minnesota: *And provided further,* That before any land granted to said company by the United States shall306 be conveyed to any party entitled thereto under any of the acts incorporating or relating to said company, there shall first be paid into the treasury of the United States the cost of surveying, selecting, and conveying the same, by the said company or party in interest. *Miscellaneous.*—For an examination and survey, under the directionMiscellaneous.Survey of Tehuantepec and Nicaragua routes for ship canal. of the President of the United States, of the routes of Tehuantepec and Nicaragua, in order to ascertain the practicability of a ship canal at these places between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, thirty thousand dollars.
To meet expenses to be incurred in the prosecution and collection ofProsecution and collection of claims due the United States.Certain appropriations transferred to Department of Justice. claims due the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attorney-General: *Provided,* That appropriations for salaries and pay of officers and others heretofore employed in other departments and now employed in the Department of Justice, are hereby transferred to the said Department of Justice, to be disbursed in accordance with the law organizing the same.
For compensation of clerks, and for additional compensation to thePay of clerks in office of Secretary of Treasury. same, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay salary of the consul at Port Said, Egypt, two thousand dollars.Consul at Port Said. For the payment of the necessary expenses incurred in defending suitsDefence of suits for seizure of captured and abandoned property. against the Secretary of the Treasury, or his agents, for the seizure of captured and abandoned property, and for the defence of the United States in respect of such property in the court of claims, sixty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General.
For continuing the collection of statistics of mines and mining, to beStatistics of mines and mining. laid before Congress, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, ten thousand dollars. For continuing the geological survey of the Territories of the UnitedGeological survey. States by Professor Hayden, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide a law library forLaw library for certain Territories. each of the Territories of Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, respectively, is hereby appropriated.*Post*, p. 518.
To pay Paul S. Forbes the balance due him under contract with thePayments: Paul S. Forbes; Navy Department for a steam-engine for the Algonquin, twenty-seven thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars. To pay Horatio Ames the amount now due him for wrought-iron rifledHoratio Ames; guns made by him for the navy by order of the bureau of ordnance, and tested and accepted by them, seventy-two thousand and sixty dollars and thirty-eight cents. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Jacob P.
Leese, assigneeJacob P. Leese, assignee of Thomas O. Larkin; of Thomas O. Larkin, in conformity to a judgment of the court of claims, rendered December twenty-four, eighteen hundred and sixty, less the interest and the sum paid on account, viz.: the balance of three thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-five cents, which sum shall be in full satisfaction of all demands against the government for said account. To pay Henry S. Halladay and Dyas T. Parker the sum of sevenHenry S.
Halladay and Dyas T. Parker; thousand six hundred and forty-two dollars, in full satisfaction of a judgment in rem recovered in the district court of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, on the seventh day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay for services renderedemployees at Flathead and Blackfeet agencies, supplies and expenses. by employees at the Flathead and Blackfeet agencies, in the Territory of Montana, and for supplies furnished and for travel[l]ing and incidental expenses of agents during a period of about four years, commencing in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, ten thousand eight hundred and forty-five dollars and fifty-four cents. 307 To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay an indebtedness onIndian service in California. account of Indian service in California, incurred and left unpaid by Charles Maltby, late superintendent of Indian affairs, as per accounts inCharles Maltby, the Indian office, eight thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay deficiencies incurred for the Indian service in California by Austin Wiley, former superintendentAustin Wiley. of Indian affairs, twenty thousand five hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay outstanding liabilitiesBranch mint at Carson city. incurred in fitting up the branch mint at Carson city since its completion, thirty-one thousand five hundred and ninety-four dollars and fifty-six cents. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay John Finn the amountJohn Finn for supplies for Indian service. due him for supplies furnished for the Indian service as per audited vouchers on file in the Indian office, fifty-five thousand four hundred and forty dollars and ninety-four cents.
To pay the outstanding indebtedness contracted in the Sioux IndianIndebtedness contracted in the Sioux Indian district. district, under act of July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, vouchers for which have been approved by General Harney, and are now filed in the Interior Department, and have been or shall be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, fifty-six thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-seven cents. For the purchase by the Secretary of the Interior of fifteen sets, or soPurchase of sets of the Statutes at Large. many as may be necessary, of the United States Statutes at Large, from volume one to nine, both inclusive, four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents; and the judges of the circuit courts of the United StatesJudges of circuit courts entitled to volumes of Statutes and certain Reports, &c. who have not already received them, shall, severally, be entitled to receive, for his use while in office, a copy of each volume of the Statutes at Large, and also a copy of each volume of the Reports of the Supreme Court of the United States, succeeding the third volume of Wallace’s Reports, and such copies of th[e] statutes and reports received by any one of the said judges, shall, upon his resignation, removal from office, or death, be delivered up to his successor in office.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary for paymentIndian service at the Fort Berthold agency. for services rendered and supplies furnished for and on account of the Indian service at the Fort Berthold agency, Dakota Territory, as recommended by the Secretary of the Interior in a communication to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, dated February sixteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, the sum of sixty-three thousand two hundred and three dollars and five cents, or so much thereof as shall be found by the Secretary of the Interior upon examination to be justly due.
To reimburse E. M. Sargent money expended by him in carrying outE. M. Sargent for mail service. a contract with the Post-Office Department for mail service from Lowell, Massachusetts, to adjacent points, two thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to indemnify A. M. AdamsA. M. Adams for losses by Indians. for losses by depredations committed by Kiowa and Comanche Indians in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, twenty-nine thousand four hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-two cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the claim of Mr. Baca yBaca y Salasar for losses by Indians. Salasar for depredations committed by the Navajoe Indians in New Mexico, nine thousand dollars. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay theHarvey D. Scott for per diem, &c. while examining Minnesota Southern railroad; account of Harvey D. Scott, for his per diem and mileage as commissioner for the examination of the first ten miles of the Minnesota Southern railroad, in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, under the appointment of the Secretary of the Interior, three hundred and sixty-four dollars and ten cents.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay theMinnesota Valley railroad. account of Harvey D. Scott, for his per diem and mileage as commis-308sioner for the examination of the first ten miles of the Minnesota Valley railroad, in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, under the appointment of the1871, ch. 18.*Post*, p. 678. Secretary of the Interior, four hundred and thirty-four dollars and forty cents. For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay thePardon H.
Sibley, per diem and mileage. account of Pardon H. Sibley for his per diem and mileage in attending the session of the board of government commissioners, directors, and engineers assembled by the Secretary of the Interior at Washington, for the purpose of establishing a standard for the Pacific railroad, two thousand and sixty-three dollars. For additional pay heretofore withheld from William Syphax, toWilliam Syphax. equalize his compensation with that of an assistant messenger, two thousand one hundred and eighty dollars.
To enable the superintendent of the coast survey to make observationsEclipse of the sun in December, 1870. in Europe on the eclipse of the sun next December, twenty-nine thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of State to reimburse the owners of the NorwegianNorwegian bark General Birch, for rescue of master and crew of the Dreadnought. bark General Birch for the expenses incurred by them in the rescue and care of thirty-four American citizens, master and crew of the American ship Dreadnought, wrecked on Cape Penas, on the fourth of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, three thousand two hundred and thirty-nine dollars, in gold.
To pay C. B. H. Fessenden for amount found due him as collector ofC. B. H. Fessenden. the port of New Bedford, for commissions on lighthouse disbursements outside of his district, three thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventeen cents. For defraying the expenses of the Supreme Court and district courtsSupreme and district courts of the United States, jurors, witnesses, &c. of the United States, including the District of Columbia, and also for jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising from fines, penalties, and forfeitures, in the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and previous years, and likewise for defraying the expensesExpenses of suits, &c. of suits in which the United States are concerned, including legal assistance to the Attorney-General, and other special and extraordinary expenditures in cases of the Supreme Court of the United States in which the United States are concerned, and of prosecutions for offenses committed against the United States, and for the safe-keeping of prisoners, one million two hundred thousand dollars.
To secure the making of a contract by the Secretary of War withBronze equestrian statue of Winfield Scott.Pub. Res. No. 45.Vol. xiv. p. 571. Henry K. Brown, of Newburg, New York, for a bronze equestrian statue of Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, fifteen thousand dollars, in addition to the sum appropriated by the joint resolution for that purpose, approved March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. For special agent to report on the trade between the United States andSpecial agent on trade with British North America.Pub.
Res. No. 80.*Post*, p. 881. the dependencies of Great Britain in North America, as provided for by joint resolution approved June twenty-three, eighteen hundred and seventy, four thousand dollars. For geographical surveys and military reconnais[s]ances west of theSurveys, &c. west of the Mississippi river. Mississippi river, one hundred thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of War to defray the necessary expenses ofBureau of ordnance, &c.Court of inquiry. the bureau of ordnance and its officers, in connection with the court of inquiry, held in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and of which Major-General George H.
Thomas was president, five thousand dollars. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That no advertisement, notice, orNo advertisement, &c. for any office connected with the executive department to be published in any newspaper except, &c.Bill not to be paid unless, &c. proposal for any executive department of the government, or for any bureau thereof, or for any office therewith connected, shall be published in any newspaper whatever, except in pursuance of a written authority for such publication from the head of such department; and no bill, for any such advertising, or publication, shall be paid, unless there be presented, with such bill, a copy of the written authority aforesaid. 309 Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryLighthouse board to mark all government pier-heads on northern, &c. lakes, &c.Repeal of provision requiring that certain revenue cutters be laid up.1868, ch. 177.Vol. xv. p. 114.Certain to be put in commission and how, and two to be sold. be, and he is hereby, directed to authorize the lighthouse board to properly mark all pier-heads belonging to the government on the northern and northwestern lakes, when completed or repaired, and duly notified of such completion or repairs by the department in charge of such construction or repairs; and the provision requiring that five of the six revenue cutters upon the northern and northwestern lakes be laid up is hereby repealed, and as many of them as the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, shall put in commission, shall be specially charged with aiding vessels in distress on said lakes, and the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, shall be and is authorized to sell two of said revenue cutters, now on the northern lakes, for such consideration and under such regulations as he may prescribe, and that the proceeds be covered into the treasury.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* That there is hereby appropriatedErection of monuments in Congressional Cemetery to certain members, &c.Style of monuments.Appropriation how to be disbursed. the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the erection in the Congressional Cemetery of monuments in memory of those representatives who have died since eighteen hundred and sixty; said monuments to be of uniform size and style with those previously erected; and this sum to be disbursed under the direction of the clerk of the House of Representatives, upon contracts made by him with the lowest responsible bidders therefor, after due public notice given.
Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That the mayor of the city ofCommission for dredging, &c. the Washington City canal.Vol. xvii. p. 10. Washington, the Secretary of the Interior, the commissioner of public buildings and grounds, the architect of the Capitol extension, and their successors in office, together with two men to be appointed by the mayor of the city of Washington, by and with the advice and consent of the board of aldermen of said city, are hereby appointed a commission who shall cause the Washington City canal, either in whole or in part, to be dredged, or, if deemed best, dredged and narrowed, or arched and converted into a sewer; and for the purpose of making this improvement,Tax of $100,000 may be levied, &c. by Washington therefor. the corporate authorities of the city of Washington are hereby authorized and directed to levy and collect a tax of one hundred thousand dollars upon all taxable property in said city, for defraying part of the expenses thereof, and the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated outAppropriation. of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying in part the expenses of the same; and out of any moneysGovernment how to be indemnified. arising from the sale of any real estate, should any take place belonging to said canal, the government shall first be indemnified for any moneys hereby appropriated; the improvements aforesaid to be paid for at theExpenses of improvements how to be borne. rate of one third by the government and two thirds by the city as the work progresses, and the total expenditure not to exceed the amount herein provided for.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That the corporation of WashingtonWashington may issue additional certificates of indebtedness for not over $200,000.Interest and when redeemable.Denominations and for what receivable.Use limited. shall have power to issue certificates of indebtedness not to exceed in amount two hundred thousand dollars in addition to the sum heretofore authorized, and to bear interest at the rate of seven and three tenths per centum per annum, and to be redeemable within five years from the date of issue.
The said certificates not to be of a less denomination than fifty dollars, and to be receivable for taxes due said corporation to such amount yearly as said corporation may designate by law; not, however, to exceed fifty per centum of the amount due by any tax-payer. And said certificates shall be used for no other purpose than the payment of the ascertained indebtedness of the corporation of Washington to the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy. Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That the sergeant-at-arms of theRemoval of impure air from Senate chamber.
Senate be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to purchase two310 exhaust fans, one engine, exhaust pipes, and so forth, for the removal ofImprovements to be made under whose supervision.Committee on ventilation to inquire into, &c. making alterations in Senate chamber and the hall of the House of Representatives. the impure air of the Senate chamber, and there is hereby appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars to purchase the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That the improvements be made under the supervision of the engineer of the Senate, and that the joint committee on ventilation be directed to inquire into the practicability and expense of making such alterations in the Senate chamber and the hall of the House of Representatives as will bring said chamber and hall to the exterior of the building.
Sec. 8. *And be it further enacted,* That the act approved March three,Construction and intent of act of 1869, ch. 122, Vol. xv. p. 305. as to custom-house, &c. at Knoxville, East Tennessee. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, making an appropriation for the completion of the custom-house, court-house, and post-office building in Knoxville, East Tennessee, was intended to include and revive, and shall be deemed and held to include and revive, all former unexpended appropriations for the same object.
Sec. 9. *And be it further enacted,* That the payment for transportationPayment to John E. Reeside how to be made.See Priv. Res. No. 14.*Post*, p. 661. of public stores, provided for in “A resolution for the relief of John E. Reeside,”passed by the present Congress, shall be made in accordance with the orders and decrees of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Sec. 10. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of War be, andReport to be made as to expenses incurred by Montana for suppression of Indian hostilities. he is hereby, authorized and required to ascertain, or cause to be ascertained, the amount of expense necessarily incurred by the territorial authorities of Montana for arms and supplies of the volunteer forces called out to suppress Indian hostilities in the Territory of Montana in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and report to Congress at the next session the names of the persons entitled to relief, together with a statement of the facts and sums upon which such report may be based.
Sec. 11. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the TreasuryPay of persons employed in the insurrectionary States in connection with the Treasury Department.Vol. xvii. p. 10.Appropriation. is hereby authorized to pay such persons as were actually employed in the insurrectionary States in connection with the Treasury Department, as officers of the United States, during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five or eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in connection with the revenues of the government, compensation at the rates provided by law for service rendered as such officers, and an amount sufficient for that purpose is hereby appropriated out of any money not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 12. *And be it further enacted,* That two hundred and twenty-fiveAppropriation for stone, &c. pier in Delaware bay.Vol. xvii. p. 9. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to construct a good and substantial pier of stone or iron in the Delaware bay, at or near Lewes, in Sussex county, in the State of Delaware, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War.
Sec. 13. *And be it further enacted,* That it may and shall be lawfulJunction and Breakwater railroad may run over pier, &c. for the president, directors, and company of the Junction and Breakwater railroad, in the State of Delaware, to extend their railroad upon and over said pier, and freely to use said pier in connection with their said road, subject to such regulations and charges for maintenance and repairs as the Secretary of War may adopt. Sec. 14. *And be it further enacted,* That the Secretary of the InteriorPatents for Black Bob Indian lands in Kansas may be withheld, and all transfers thereof, &c. is hereby directed to withhold patents for any portion of the lands known as the Black Bob Indian lands in Kansas, and also to withhold his approval of all transfers of said lands, and to permit peaceable occupancy by all settlers or Indians now residing thereon, until further action of Congress in relation thereto, without prejudice to existing rights.
Approved, July 15, 1870.