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Chapter CDXV. making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes

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CHAP. CDXV.— An Act making Appropriations for sundry civil Expenses of the Government for the fiscal Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and for other Purposes.June 10, 1872. *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 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, viz.: treasury department.Treasury department. *For Life-saving Stations.*—For salaries of two superintendents of theLife-Saving stations; life-saving stations on the coast of Long Island and New Jersey, at one thousand five hundred dollars each, three thousand dollars; and for onesuperintendents; superintendent on the coast of Cape Cod and of Block Island, Rhode Island, one thousand dollars.
For fifty-four keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, tenkeepers; thousand eight hundred dollars. For pay of crews of experienced surf-men at such stations and for suchsurf-men; periods as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem necessary and proper, seventy-nine thousand five hundred and twenty dollars. For compensation of seventeen keepers of stations, at two hundred dollars each, three thousand four hundred dollars. For contingencies of life-saving stations on the coast of the Unitedcontingencies;
States, fifteen thousand dollars. For the establishment of life-saving stations on the coasts of Cape CodEstablishment of stations;to be erected under supervision of, &c. and of Block Island, Rhode Island, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That all life-saving stations hereafter erected shall be erected under the supervision of two captains of the revenue service, to be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, and to be under his direction. *Revenue-Cutter Service.*—Thirty-four captains, one hundred and oneRevenue-cutter service; lieutenants, and sixty-three engineers and pilots employed, three hundred and sixty-one thousand three hundred dollars.
For rations for officers: Thirty-four captains, one hundred and oneofficers and rations; lieutenants, sixty-three engineers and pilots, twenty-five thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents. For pay of crews: nine hundred and forty-two petty officers, seamen,crews and rations; cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, two hundred and eighty-four thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars. For rations for crews: Nine hundred and forty-two petty officers, seamen, cooks, stewards, boys, coal-passers, and firemen, three hundred and forty-four thousand seven hundred and seventy-two rations, at thirty-four cents, including liquor equivalent, one hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred and twenty-two dollars and forty-eight cents.
For fuel for thirty-six vessels, repairs and outfits for same, ship-chandleryfuel, &c. and engineers’ stores for same, travelling expenses of officers travelling on duty under orders from the Treasury Department, commutation of quarters, and contingent expenses, including wharfage, towage, dockage, freight, advertising, surveys, and so forth, and miscellaneous expenses which cannot be included under special heads, two hundred and ninety thousand dollars. *Marine-Hospital Service.*—For supplying deficiency in the fund forMarine-hospital service, sick and disabled seamen;no part to be used, &c., except, &c. the relief of sick and disabled seamen, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of this sum shall be used to support any sick or disabled seaman entitled to be received into a marine hospital, by contract at the lowest bidder, except when, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury, the acceptance of the lowest proposal will, for other reasons, equally secure the proper care and treatment of marine patients. 348 *National Currency.*—For paper, engraving, printing, express charges,National currency, expenses of making, &c. and other expenses of making and issuing the national currency, one hundred thousand dollars. *Detection and Punishment of Counterfeiting.*—For expenses in detectingDetection, &c., of counterfeiting securities of the United States and other frauds. and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting treasury notes, bonds, and other securities of the United States, and for detecting other frauds upon the government, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to Warrington SommersWarrington Sommers. a sum sufficient to make his salary, from October first, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to June first, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, that of a fourth-class clerk in the fifth auditor’s office, one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. senate.Senate. For folding documents and material for the same, eight thousandFolding documents. dollars. For labor, eight thousand dollars.Labor.
For miscellaneous items, eight thousand dollars; furniture and repairs,Miscellaneous. five hundred dollars; for fuel, oil, and cotton waste, for heating apparatus, one thousand dollars for the current fiscal year. For the expenses of the joint select committee on alleged outrages inExpenses of joint select committee on alleged outrages in Southern States. the Southern States, the sum of one thousand four hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty-five cents, said sum to be carried for the purpose to the contingent fund of the Senate. judiciary.Judiciary.
For defraying the expenses of the courts of the United States, includingExpenses of United States courts; the District of Columbia; for jurors and witnesses, and expenses of suits in which the United States are concerned, of prosecutions for offences committed against the United States; for the safe-keeping of prisoners;jurors, witnesses, expenses of suits and prosecutions, and enforcing civil-rights act.1871, ch. 99.Vol. xvi. p. 433.1872, ch. 139.*Ante*, p. 61.In any congressional district, prior to any registration or election for, &c., if ten citizens of, &c., shall in writing desire such election, &c., to be scrutinized, the circuit judge shall within, &c., open court at, &c., and appoint two citizens of different political parties, &c., supervisors of election. and for the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of the act, relative to the right of citizens to vote, of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, three million two hundred thousand dollars; of which sum two hundred thousand dollars shall be available for the expenses incurred during the present fiscal year, the said act being hereby supplemented and amended so as to further provide as follows:
That whenever, in any county or parish, in any congressional district, there shall be ten citizens thereof of good standing who, prior to any registration of voters for an election for representative in Congress, or prior to any election at which a representative in Congress is to be voted for, shall make known, in writing, to the judge of the circuit court of the United States for the district wherein such county or parish is situate, their desire to have said registration or election both guarded and scrutinized, it shall be the duty of the said judge of the circuit court, within not less than ten days prior to said registration or election, as the case may be, to open the said court at the most convenient point in said district; and the said court, when so opened by said judge, shall proceed to appoint and commission, from day to day, and from time to time, and under the hand of the said judge, and under the seal of said court, for such election district or voting precinct in said congressional district, as shall, in the manner herein prescribed, have been applied for, and to revoke, change, or renew said appointment from time to time, two citizens, residents of said election district or voting precinct in said county or parish, who shall be of different political parties, and able to read and write the English language, and who shall be known and designated as supervisors of election; and the said court, when opened by the said judge as required herein, shall, there-349from and thereafter and up to and including the day following the day of the election, be always open for the transaction of business under this act; and the powers and jurisdiction hereby granted and conferred shallPower and jurisdiction of the court. be exercised, as well in vacation as in term time; and a judge, sitting at chambers, shall have the same powers and jurisdiction, including the power of keeping order and of punishing any contempt of his authority, as when sitting in the court: *Provided,* That no compensation shall be allowed toCompensation of supervisors. the supervisors herein authorized to be appointed, except those appointed in cities or towns of twenty thousand or more inhabitants.
And no personCertain persons not to be appointed supervisors; shall be appointed under this act as supervisor of election who is not at the time of his appointment a qualified voter of the county, parish, election district, or voting precinct for which he is appointed. And noor deputy-marshals. person shall be appointed deputy-marshal under the act of which this is amendatory, who is not a qualified voter at the time of his appointment, in the county, parish, district, or precinct in which his duties are to be performed.
And section thirteen of the act of which this is an amendmentSome circuit court commissioner in each judicial circuit to be appointed chief supervisor of elections.Each circuit judge to designate some district judge to do duty under this act, &c. shall be construed to authorize and require the circuit courts of the United States in said section mentioned to name and appoint, as soon as may be after the passage of this act, the commissioners provided for in said section, in all cases in which such appointments have not already been made in conformity therewith.
And the third section of the act to which this is an amendment shall be taken and construed to authorize each of the judges of the circuit courts of the United States to designate one or more of the judges of the district courts within his circuit to discharge the duties arising under this act or the act to which this is an amendment. And the words “any person” in section four of the act of May thirty-first,Words “any person” in former act to include, &c.Appointment of additional marshals or deputies not authorized hereby.Supervisors to have no power, except, &c. eighteen hundred and seventy, shall be held to include any officer or other person having powers or duties of an official character under this act or the act to which this is an amendment: *Provided,* That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to authorize the appointment of any marshals or deputy-marshals in addition to those heretofore authorized by law: *And provided further,* That the supervisors herein provided for shall have no power or authority to make arrests or to perform other duties than to be in the immediate presence of the officers holding the election, and to witness all their proceedings, including the counting of the votes and the making of a return thereof And so much of said sum herein appropriated as may be necessary for said supplemental and amendatoryAppropriation. provisions is hereby appropriated from and after the passage of this act.
For the support and maintenance of convicts transferred from theConvicts. District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars. For the compensation of special counsel and other legal services, andSpecial counsel and legal services.British claims commission. for incidental expenses in taking testimony, fees of witnesses and of commissioners in relation to claims before the mixed American and British claims commission, twenty-five thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses of defending claims under the conventionClaims convention with Mexico.Vol. xv. p. 679. with Mexico of fourth July, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, ten thousand dollars.
For payment of the necessary expenses incurred in defending suits against the Secretary of the Treasury, or his agents, for the seizure ofDefence of suits for seizure of captured, &c., property, &c. captured or abandoned property; and for the examination of witnesses in claims against the United States pending in any department; and for the defence of the United States in the court of claims, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, thirty thousand dollars, no part of which shall be paid to attorneys or counsellors at law for professionalNo part to lawyers for professional services. services, for appearing and assisting in the trial of causes in the supreme, circuit, or district courts of the United States, or court of claims; and that the Attorney-General make report to Congress at the end of theAttorney-general to report to Congress, &c. fiscal year of the manner of the expenditure of this fund, and to whom and for what purposes paid. 350 For this sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be expendedDetection, &c., of crimes against the United States. under the direction of the Attorney-General in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States, fifty thousand dollars.
For expenses to be incurred in the prosecution and collection of claimsProsecution of claims due. due the United States, to be disbursed under the direction of the Attorney-General, twenty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to collect captured andCollection of captured, &c., property. abandoned property of the United States, and to collect, procure, and preserve all vouchers, papers, records, and evidence, and to take testimony as to claims against the United States, to be paid only upon the certificate of the commissioners of claims, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. miscellaneous.Miscellaneous.
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, fifteen thousand dollars. For the continuation of the geological survey of the territories of theGeological survey by Professor Hayden. United States by Professor F. V. Hayden, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For completing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributariesSurvey of the Colorado of the West, &c., by Professor Powell. by Professor J. W. Powell, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, twenty thousand dollars. For continuing the inquiry into the causes of the decrease of the food-fishes of the coast and the lakes of the United States, five thousandDecrease of food-fishes. dollars. For the introduction of shad into the waters of the Pacific States,Introduction of shad, salmon, &c., into waters of the United States. the Gulf States, and of the Mississippi valley, and of salmon, white-fish, and other useful food-fishes, into the waters of the United States to which they are best adapted, fifteen thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the United States commissioner of fish and fisheries.
To enable the superintendent of the coast survey to cause astronomicalAstronomical observations. observations to be made at one of the highest points on the line of the Pacific railroad, two thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay Thomas DonaldsonThomas Donaldson. balance due him for services as constructing superintendent of the penitentiary building at Boise city, Idaho, two hundred and forty dollars and fifteen cents. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to repay to C.
M. Lockwood,C. M. Lockwood. late mail contractor, the amount of fine paid on the order of the Postmaster-General, but afterward remitted by that officer, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and fifty-six cents. For contingent expenses of the office of the secretary of the TerritoryWyoming territory. of Wyoming, one thousand five hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay only the reasonable expensesPaving roadway and sidewalks, &c., in the District of Columbia.Railroads prohibited on, &c. heretofore incurred for paving roadway and curbing and paving sidewalks in front of the property of the United States in the District of Columbia, one hundred and ninety-two thousand six hundred and twenty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and all railroads are hereby prohibited on the I street and K street fronts of Farragut, Scott, and Franklin squares; and no further street railroads shall be laid downNo more street railroads, without, &c. in the city of Washington without the consent of Congress.
To pay the board of public works of the District of Columbia theCost of filling canal, and of sewer. proportion of the cost properly payable by the United States government for the filling of the canal from Seventh street west to Seventeenth street west, and of the cost of the intercepting sewer along the canal adjoining the property of the United States government, said work being under the351 direction of the board of public works, sixty-eight thousand three hundred and sixty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That all payments made under this and the preceding appropriation shallPayments for filling, &c., to be made upon approved vouchers. be made only upon vouchers approved by the officer in charge of the public buildings and grounds of the District; and no portion of the money herewith appropriated shall be used by the board of public works for any other purpose whatever than the purpose that is named in theFilled land to belong to the United States. said last two paragraphs.
And the land made by the filling up of the said canal is hereby declared to be the property of the United States. And the said appropriations shall not be construed to create or implyNo future obligation of the United States. any obligation on the part of the United States, in any respect whatever in future. For payment of the messengers of the respective States for conveyingConveying electoral vote. to the seat of government the votes of the electors of said States for President and Vice-President of the United States, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For construction of revenue vessels in accordance with recommendationConstruction of revenue vessels. of the special commission, approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, two hundred thousand dollars. For furniture and repairs of the same for public buildings under theFurniture for public buildings and repairs. control of the Treasury Department, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For fuel, lights, and water, and miscellaneous items for public buildingsFuel, lights, and water. under the control of the Treasury Department, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For heating apparatus for public buildings under the control of theHeating apparatus. Treasury Department, seventy-five thousand dollars. For vaults, safes, and locks, for public buildings under the control ofVaults, safes, and locks. the Treasury Department, one hundred thousand dollars. For photographing, engraving, and printing plans of public buildingsPhotographing, &c. under control of the Treasury Department, five thousand dollars. For pay of custodians and janitors of public buildings, under the controlJanitors, &c., of public buildings. of the Treasury Department, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of all public buildings under the control ofRepairs, &c., of public buildings. the Treasury Department, two hundred thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the city of Charlestown,City of Charlestown for paving sidewalks, &c., adjacent to navy-yard. Massachusetts, the expense incurred by said city in curbing and paving the sidewalks and streets adjacent to the navy-yard, one thousand six hundred dollars. To pay Charles W.
Seaton for the relinquishment of all claim againstCharles W. Seaton. the United States for the use at the ninth or any subsequent census of his invention of a tallying machine, for which letters-patent were allowed by the United States patent-office, February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, fifteen thousand dollars. *Supervising Inspectors on Steam-Vessels.*—For carrying out the provisionsSupervising inspectors of steam-vessels.1871, ch. 100, Vol. xvi. p. 440. of the act 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 steamboat inspectors: Payment of salaries of supervisingSalaries. inspector-general, supervising inspectors, local inspectors, assistant inspectors, and clerks, one hundred and sixty-five thousand four hundred dollars. Contingent expenses of steamboat inspection service: Expenses of instruments,Contingent expenses. stationery, meetings of board of supervising inspectors, mileage of supervising inspectors, at one thousand dollars each, and other miscellaneous expenses, ninety-one thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay under existing lawsContractors for carrying the mails. contractors for carrying the mails for services rendered prior to July first,352 eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, thirteen thousand four hundred and sixteen dollars. To pay Edward R. Ferguson his salary as supervising inspector ofEdward R. Ferguson. steamboats, from March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, to May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents.
For loss and expense involved in the recoinage of gold coins in theRecoinage of gold coins. treasury which are below standard weight, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. To defray, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, theRedeeming, &c., minor coinage.1871, ch. 124.Vol. xvi. p. 580. expenses of redeeming and re-issuing the minor coinage of the United States, twenty thousand dollars, pursuant to the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as much of the same as may be necessary to be available for expenses incurred during the present fiscal year.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to the officers and crewOfficers and crew of steamer Kearsarge.1872, ch. 102.*Ante,* p. 53. of the United States steamer Kearsarge, for the destruction of the rebel cruiser Alabama, under the provisions of an act entitled “An act for the relief of the officers and crew of the United States steamer Kearsarge,” approved April seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, one hundred and sixty thousand seven hundred and seventy-two dollars and sixty-two cents.
That the sum of fifteen thousand dollars be appropriated for the purposePneumatic tube for transmission of books, &c. of constructing a pneumatic tube, operated by hollow spheres or otherwise, from the Capitol, along North Capitol street, to the government printing office, for the transmission of books, packages, etc., to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the work to be done under the supervision of the architect of the Capitol extension. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to reimburse the funeral expensesFuneral expenses of the late Admiral Farragut. of the late Admiral David G.
Farragut, two thousand dollars, to be paid to his widow. public works under the treasury department.Public works under the Treasury department. *Public Buildings.*—Treasury building, Washington, District of Columbia:Public buildings.Treasury building. For annual repairs and improvements, fifteen thousand dollars; for improvements and repairs of heating apparatus, nine thousand dollars. For continuation of the construction of the building for a custom-housePublic building atCharleston; at Charleston, South Carolina, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the construction of the building for post-office andColumbia; court-house at Columbia, South Carolina, fifty thousand dollars. For paving, grading, and fencing the approaches to the building for aMachias; custom-house at Machias, Maine, two thousand dollars.For continuation of the construction of the building for a custom-houseNew Orleans; at New Orleans, Louisiana, three hundred thousand dollars. For continuation of the construction of the building for a post-officeOmaha; and court-house at Omaha, Nebraska, one hundred thousand dollars.
For continuation of the extension of the building for court-house andBaltimore. post-office at Baltimore, Maryland, fifty thousand dollars. For continuation of the construction of the building for the DepartmentState department building, &c.; of State, Washington, District of Columbia, eight hundred thousand dollars: For the east wing of the State, War, and Navy Departments, four hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That all appropriationsappropriations for, &c., when to be available. for public buildings under the Treasury Department shall hereafter be available immediately upon the approval of the acts containing such appropriations.
To commence the erection of a building at Cincinnati, Ohio, for theSite and building at Cincinnati for courts, custom-house, &c.353 accommodation of the United States courts, custom-house, United States depository, post-office, internal revenue and pension offices, and for the purchase at private sale, or by condemnation, of ground for a site therefor, the entire cost of completion of which building is hereby limited toLimit to cost.1872, ch. 45.*Ante,* p. 39. two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars (inclusive of the cost of the site of the same), seven hundred thousand dollars; and the act of March twelve, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, authorizing the purchase of a site therefor, is hereby so amended as to limit the cost of the site to a sum not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars.
To commence the erection of a building at Hartford, Connecticut, forBuilding at Hartford, Ct. for custom-house, &c.; the accommodation of the custom-house, post-office, pension-office, United States circuit and district courts, and internal-revenue offices, one hundred thousand dollars. To commence the erection of a fire-proof building at Albany, Newat Albany, N. Y., for custom-house, &c.; York, for the accommodation of the custom-house, post-office, United States circuit and district courts, and internal-revenue offices, one hundred thousand dollars.
For paving, grading, and fencing the approaches to the new custom-houseOgdensburgh, N. Y.; and court-house building at Ogdensburgh, New York, three thousand dollars. For the erection of an addition to the building at Indianapolis, belongingIndianapolis. to the United States, for the further accommodation of the United States courts, post-office, local land-offices, and internal revenue and pension offices, one hundred thousand dollars; and the sums hereby appropriatedAppropriations to be immediately available.Certain unexpended balances reappropriated. for the construction of public buildings shall be available immediately upon the approval of this act; and the balances of appropriations for the current fiscal year for the construction of public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, which may remain unexpended at the close of the current fiscal year, are hereby re-appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
For necessary furniture and outfit for the post-office and sub-treasuryFurniture, &c., for post-office, &c., in Boston. building at Boston, and for preparing the approaches thereto, fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of the appropriation already made. To purchase additional ground adjoining the site of the building occupiedAdditional land in Madison. for the purposes of United States court-house and post-office, Madison, Wisconsin, eleven thousand dollars. For machinery and apparatus for the new branch-mint building at SanMachinery, &c., for new branch-mint, San Francisco.
Francisco, California, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. light-houses, beacons, and fog-signals.Light-houses, beacons, and fog-signals. Burnt Coat Harbor light-station; For two beacon lights, to serve as aBurnt Coat harbor.1871, ch. 114, § 3.Vol. xvi, p. 510. range on the coast of Maine, ten thousand dollars, and any balance of the appropriation of ten thousand dollars made by act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, that may remain in the treasury June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
For a steam fog-signal on Seguin island, at the mouth of the KennebecSeguin Island. river, on the coast of Maine, five thousand dollars. For light-house at Wood-End, Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts,Wood-End. fifteen thousand dollars. For re-establishing and setting up two small beacon-lights in the harborNewburyport. of Newburyport, the site of one of which has been washed by a storm, ten thousand dollars. For steam fog-signal at Beaver-Tail light-station, on the coast ofBeaver-Tail.
Rhode Island, five thousand dollars. For erecting a portable beacon at Bullock’s point, on the east side ofBullock’s point. Providence river, Rhode Island, one thousand dollars. 354 For fog-bell for Newport Harbor light-station, Rhode Island, eight hundredNewport Harbor. dollars. For establish*ment* a steam fog-signal at Point Judith light-station,Point Judith. coast of Rhode Island, five thousand dollars. For completing the light-house at Long Beach bar, Gardiner bay,Long Beach bar.
Long Island sound, according to the original design, twenty thousand dollars. For protecting the site for the Block Island light-station, Rhode Island,Block Island. one thousand eight hundred dollars. For a light-house and steam fog-signal at the southerly end of BlockBlockley Island. island, entrance to Long Island sound, seventy-five thousand dollars. For necessary repairs and establishing a steam fog-signal at MontaukMontauk. light-station, Long Island, New York, nine thousand five hundred dollars.
For continuing the construction of the light-house authorized on RaceRace rock.1872, ch. 114, § 3.Vol. xvi. p. 510. rock, Fishers Island sound, New York, in addition to any balance that may remain in the treasury June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, of the former appropriation, forty thousand dollars. For repairs at Sand’s point, Great West bay, and Fire Island light-stations,Sand’s point, &c. New York, four thousand six hundred dollars. For erection of a light and fog-signal on or near the end of HartHart island. island, in Long Island sound, New York, fifty thousand dollars.
For rebuilding the tower and keeper’s dwelling on a proper site at theFort Tompkins. Fort Tomkins light-station, Staten island, New York, the former site being required by the engineer department of the army for extending the fortifications, eight thousand dollars. For repairs at Crown Point light-station, Lake Champlain, New York,Crown point. one thousand five hundred dollars. For a light-house on the middle ground in the Hudson river, near theHudson. city of Hudson, New York, thirty-five thousand dollars.
For completing the tower and building at the Colchester Reef light-station,Colchester Reef. Vermont, four thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing the improvements at the light-house depot of supplies,Staten Island. on Staten island, New York, ten thousand dollars. For fog-bells on Fort Hamilton and Fort Columbus, New York harbor,Forts Hamilton and Columbus. one thousand five hundred dollars. For rebuilding the beacon on Sea Flower reef, in Long Island sound,Sea Flower Reef. four thousand two hundred dollars.
For rebuilding the spindle on the Whale, in Mystic river, Connecticut,Mystic river. five thousand dollars. For rebuilding the beacon on the reef making out from Oyster PondOyster Pond point. point, in Plum gut, Long Island sound, New York, five thousand dollars. For erecting a light-house at or near Hereford inlet, on the sea-coastHereford inlet. of New Jersey, to guide coasters around Cape May point, and into a harbor of refuge, twenty-five thousand dollars. To re-establish the light-house at the mouth of Mispillion river, DelawareMispillion river. bay, five thousand dollars.
For erection of two range-lights for the Craighill channel, leadingCraighill channel. from Chesapeake bay into the Patapsco river, and to take the place of the two light-houses now at North point, Maryland, forty-five thousand dollars. For a small light to mark the entrance to the anchorage inside ofShipping point. Shipping point, Potomac river, Virginia, nine thousand dollars. For completing the light-house tower and buildings at Bodie’s island,Bodie’s island. North Carolina, fifteen thousand dollars.
For rebuilding keeper’s dwelling, and renovation and repairs at CapeCape Lookout. Lookout light-station, North Carolina, five thousand dollars. For a second-class light, on or near Hunting island, South Carolina,Hunting island.355 twenty-five thousand dollars; and such site as may be necessary for suchSite, how selected, &c. light shall be selected on lands now in the possession of the United States by the light-house board, and such site shall be exempted from the operation of any law providing for the restoration to the former owners of lands sold for direct taxes.
For completing the rebuilding of the first-class light-house and keeper’sSaint Augustine.1871, ch. 114, § 3.Vol. xvi. p. 511. dwelling at Saint Augustine, Florida, in addition to any balance of the former appropriation that may remain unexpended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twenty thousand dollars. For completing the erection of the iron light-house structure on theSouthwest Pass. foundation at Southwest Pass light-station, Louisiana, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For erection of a light-house on the north side of Presque isle, Erie,Presque isle. Pennsylvania, fifteen thousand dollars. For rebuilding the light-house and keeper’s dwelling at Gibraltar light-station,Gibraltar. in the Detroit river, Michigan, ten thousand dollars. For completing the light-house at Spectacle reef, Lake Huron, Michigan,Spectacle reef. being the amount carried to the surplus fund of a former appropriation, seventy thousand dollars. For erection of a light on Saint Helena island, Lake Michigan, to markSaint Helena island. the anchorage to the harbor of refuge, fourteen thousand dollars.
For erection of a coast-light at Petite Point au Sable, Lake Michigan,Petite Point au Sable. thirty-five thousand dollars. For erection of a keeper’s dwelling at Holland, Lake Michigan, inHolland. place of a former amount reverted to the treasury, four thousand dollars. For erection of a light between White Fish point and Grand IslandWhite Fish point, &c. harbor, Michigan, forty thousand dollars. For erection of lights on the northern and northwestern lakes, onNorthern and northwestern lakes. piers belonging to the United States, twenty thousand dollars.
For continuing the work on the depot for the storage of oil and otherDepot at Detroit. supplies at Detroit, Michigan, twenty-five thousand dollars. For establishment of a light and fog-signal at Point Fermin, California,Point Fermin. twenty thousand dollars. For establishment of a first-class fog-signal at Point Hueneme, California,Point Hueneme. ten thousand dollars. For erection of a light-house and fog-signal to mark the entrance toStraits of Carquinas. the Straits of Carquinas, California, twenty thousand dollars.
For first-class light and fog-signal at Piedras Blancas, California, seventy-fivePiedras Blancas. thousand dollars. For rebuilding and re-establishing the steam fog-signal station at PointPoint Reyes. Reyes, California, ten thousand dollars. For completing the light-house at Bolivar point, Texas, ten thousandBolivar point. dollars. For the annual proportion of the expenses of Cape Martel light, onCape Martel. the coast of Morocco, two hundred and eighty-five dollars, to be expended by the Secretary of State.
That appropriations for light-house purposes shall be available forAppropriations for light-houses to be available for two years after, &c.Provisos. expenditure for two years after acts of legislatures ceding jurisdiction over sites: *Provided, however,* That this section shall not apply to any general appropriations for light-house purposes: *And provided further,* That in no case shall any special appropriation be available for more than two years without further provision of law; and the unexpendedCertain unexpended balances reappropriated.1871, ch. 114, § 3.Vol. xvi. pp. 510–513. balances of appropriations for special works under the light-house board made by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes,” are hereby re-appropriated for the purposes therein specified. 356 *Light-House Establishment.*—For repairs and incidental expenses inLight-house establishment.Refitting and improving light-houses. refitting and improving light-houses and buildings connected therewith, two hundred thousand dollars.
For salaries of seven hundred and thirty-two light-house keepers andSalaries of keepers and assistants. light-beacon keepers, and their assistants, four hundred and thirty-nine thousand two hundred dollars. For seamen’s wages, rations, repairs, salaries, supplies, and incidentalSeamen’s wages, repairs of vessels, &c. expenses of twenty-five light-vessels, and seven relief light-vessels, two hundred and sixty-one thousand six hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents. For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, repairing, removing, andBuoys, beacons, &c. supplying losses of buoys, spindles, and day-beacons, and for chains, sinkers, and similar necessaries, two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses in renewing, refitting, and improvingFog-signals, &c. fog-signals and buildings connected therewith, fifty thousand dollars. For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights and other aids to navigation,Inspecting lights. two thousand dollars. For supplying the light-houses and beacon-lights on the Atlantic, Gulf,Light-houses and beacon lights on the Atlantic, &c. 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 light-houses, and other incidental necessary expenses, three hundred and thirty-one thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars. department of the interior.Department of Interior. *Public Lands.*—For rent of office of surveyor-general of Louisiana,Public lands. fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand fiveExpenses of office of surveyor-general in Louisiana; hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand seven hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Florida, fuel, books, stationery,Florida; and other incidental expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand seven hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Minnesota, fuel, books, stationery,Minnesota; and other incidental expenses, two thousand two hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, three thousand seven hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Dakota Territory, fuel, books,Dakota Territory; stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, six thousand three hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Kansas, fuel, books, stationery,Kansas; and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand two hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Colorado Territory, fuel, books,Colorado Territory; stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, two thousand three hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of New Mexico Territory, fuel,New Mexico Territory; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, two thousand three hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of California, fuel, books, stationery,California; and other incidental expenses, seven thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Idaho Territory, fuel, books,Idaho Territory; stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, four thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nevada, fuel, books, stationery,Nevada.357 and other incidental expenses, three thousand seven hundred dollars; andExpenses of office of surveyor-general in for clerks in his office, two thousand three hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Oregon, fuel, books, stationery,Oregon; and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand four hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Washington Territory, fuel,Washington Territory; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, three thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Nebraska and Iowa, fuel, books,Nebraska and Iowa; stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, six thousand three hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Montana Territory, fuel, books,Montana Territory; stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand dollars; and for clerks in his office, two thousand dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Utah Territory, fuel, books,Utah Territory; stationery, and other incidental expenses, one thousand eight hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, seven hundred dollars. For rent of office of surveyor-general of Wyoming Territory, fuel,Wyoming Territory; books, stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, two thousand dollars; and for a deficiency in the appropriation for clerks for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, seven hundred dollars.
For rent of office of surveyor-general of Arizona Territory, fuel, books,Arizona Territory. stationery, and other incidental expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars; and for clerks in his office, one thousand dollars. For rent of office of the assistant treasurer of the United States at St. Louis,Assistant Treasurer at St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri, three thousand five hundred dollars. *Surveying the Public Lands.*—For surveying the public lands inSurveying public lands in Louisiana;
Louisiana, at rates not exceeding ten dollars per linear mile for township and eight dollars for section lines, eighteen thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Florida, at rates not exceeding tenFlorida; dollars per linear mile for standard, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, eighteen thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Minnesota, at rates not exceedingMinnesota; fourteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, seventy-five thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Dakota Territory, at rates not exceedingDakota Territory; ten dollars per linear mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, sixty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Montana Territory, at rates not exceedingMontana Territory. fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nebraska, at rates not exceedingNebraska; twelve dollars per linear mile for standard lines, nine dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, sixty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Kansas, at rates not exceeding tenKansas; dollars per linear mile for standard lines, seven dollars for township, and six dollars for section lines, seventy thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Colorado Territory, at rates not exceedingColorado Territory; fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Idaho Territory, at rates not exceedingIdaho Territory; fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, thirty thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in New Mexico Territory, at ratesNew Mexico Territory; not exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Arizona Territory, at rates not ex-Arizona Territory.358ceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifteen thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in California, at rates not exceedingSurveying public lands inCalifornia;augmented rates in California and Washington Territory; fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, sixty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the commissioner of the general land office, in his discretion, may hereafter authorize public lands in said State, and also in Washington Territory, densely covered with forest or thick undergrowth, to be surveyed at augmented rates, not exceeding eighteen dollars per linear mile for standard parallels, sixteen dollars for township, and fourteen dollars for section lines.
For surveying the public lands in Oregon, at a rate not exceeding fifteenOregon; dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Oregon, situated west of the Cascade mountains, densely covered with forests of thick undergrowth, at rates not exceeding sixteen dollars per linear mile for township and section lines, twenty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Washington Territory, at a rate notWashington Territory; exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, fourteen dollars for township, and twelve dollars for section lines, seventy thousand dollars.
For surveying the public lands in Utah Territory, at rates not exceedingUtah Territory; fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, sixteen thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Nevada, at rates not exceeding fifteenNevada; dollars per linear mile for standard lines, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, fifty thousand dollars. For surveying the public lands in Wyoming Territory, at rates notWyoming Territory; exceeding fifteen dollars per linear mile for standard, twelve dollars for township, and ten dollars for section lines, forty thousand dollars.
For completing the survey of the Fort Gratiot military reservation,Fort Gratiot military reservation; and marking the streets and the blocks and lots already sold therein, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For survey of the eastern boundary of California, at rates not exceedingEastern boundary of California. fifty dollars per linear mile for that part of the boundary lying north of the initial point in Lake Bigler, estimated to be two hundred and ten miles, and seventy-five dollars per mile for that part included between said initial point and the Colorado river, estimated to be four hundred and ten miles, forty-one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That all the foregoing appropriations for surveys of public lands that are withinAppropriations for surveys of public lands within limits of railroad land grants to be conditional upon, &c.1862, ch. 120.Vol. xii. p. 489.1864, ch. 216, § 21.Vol. xiii. p. 365. the limits of the railroad land-grants shall be conditional upon the compliance of said companies or parties 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 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, Statutes, volume thirteen, page three hundred and sixty-five.
For survey of the southern boundary of Wyoming Territory, at a rateSouthern boundary of Wyoming Territory. not exceeding sixty dollars per linear mile, estimated distance three hundred and seventy miles, twenty-two thousand two hundred dollars. For survey of western boundary of Kansas, at a rate not exceedingWestern boundary of Kansas. forty dollars per linear mile, estimated distance two hundred and ten miles, eight thousand four hundred dollars. For survey of the northern boundary of Nebraska, at a rate not exceedingNorthern boundary of Kansas. forty dollars per linear mile, the estimated distance being two hundred and twenty miles, eight thousand eight hundred dollars.
For completion of survey now being executed between the ninety-sixthSurvey between the 96th and 98th meridian west longitude.359 and ninety-eighth meridian of west longitude, Indian Territory, ninety-eight thousand dollars. For the continuation of the system of land maps of the committee on public lands, under direction of the clerk of the house, five hundredLand maps. dollars. For survey of the northern boundary of Nevada, at a rate not to exceedNorthern boundary of Nevada. fifty dollars per linear mile, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars.
For constructing the connected maps of the public lands in the StatesConnected maps of public lands in States, &c. and Territories, and procuring an engraved copper-plate thereof, to be perfected by adding, from year to year, the further surveys that may be made, three thousand dollars. *Expenses of the Collection of Revenue from Sales of Public Lands.*—Salaries, &c., of registers and receivers.For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys at eighty-one land-offices, four hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred dollars.
For incidental expenses of the land-offices, fifty thousand one hundredIncidental expenses. and seventy-five dollars. For expenses of depositing moneys received from sales of public lands,Expenses of depositing. thirteen thousand dollars. For expenses already incurred under instructions of the Secretary ofSuppressing depredations on public timber. the Interior for suppressing depredations on the public timber, and for expenses yet to be incurred during the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, on the same account, ten thousand dollars. *Patent-Office.*—To provide for the plates of an official gazette of thePatent-office.Plates of official gazette, &c. patent-office abstracts of the drawings of patents issued, forty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the commissioner of patents.
For deficiency in contingent fund, caused by carrying into effect theDeficiency in contingent fund.Vol. xvi. p. 590. joint resolution of January eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, requiring the commissioner of patents to keep on hand for sale copies of all specifications and drawings of patents, ten thousand dollars. That forty thousand dollars of the appropriation for lithographing,Transfer of part of appropriation for lithographing, &c.Vol. xv. p. 590. engraving, and so forth, for the public printing during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the appropriation for the patent-office, for photo-lithographing, printing, and paper for the drawings of patents authorized by the joint resolution approved January eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, entitled “Joint resolution providing for publishing specifications and drawings of patent-office.” *Metropolitan Police.*—For salaries and other necessary expenses ofMetropolitan police. the Metropolitan police for the District of Columbia, two hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars: *Provided,* That a further sum, amounting to one hundred and three thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars, shall be paid to defray the expenses of the said Metropolitan police force by the cities of Washington and Georgetown,Washington and Georgetown to contribute. 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, and proper authorities of the District of Columbia, are hereby authorized and required to levy a special tax, not exceeding one-third of one per centum, which shall be speciallySpecial tax to be levied, and how to be expended. deposited once in each week, as such collections are made, to be appropriated and expended for said purpose only, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. *Government Hospital for the Insane.*—For the support, clothing, medical and moral treatment of the insane of the army and navy, revenue-cutter,Government hospital for the insane. 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 Dis-360trict of Columbia, in the government hospital for the insane, including five hundred dollars for books, stationery, and incidental expenses, oneSupport of patients. hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the erection, furnishing, and fitting-up of an extension of the hospitalExtension of hospital. suf[f]icient to accommodate fifty-four patients of the excited class, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars. For purchasing and setting four heating-boilers, six thousand dollars.Heating-boilers. For the purchase by the Secretary of the Interior for the agriculturalPurchase of land. and economical uses of the hospital, twenty-nine and forty-one hundredths acres of land and its appurtenances, including cost of survey, examination of title, and conveyance to the United States, ten thousand dollars. *Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb.*—For the support ofColumbia Institution for the deaf and dumb.Salaries, &c. the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, the maintenance of the beneficiaries of the United States, and five hundred dollars for books and illustrative apparatus, forty-eight thousand dollars.
For continuing the work on the inclosure, improvement, and gradingGrounds. of the grounds of the institution, six thousand dollars. To provide for payments due and unpaid on July first, eighteen hundredPurchase of Kenall Green. and seventy-two, on the purchase by the institution of the estate known as Kenall Green, seventy thousand dollars; *Provided,* That before the expenditure of any part of this appropriation, by proper deeds of conveyance, to be approved by the Attorney-General of the United States, all the real estate now owned by the said Columbia Institution forReal estate now owned by the institution to be conveyed to the United States as trustee.1867, ch. 46.Vol. xi. p. 161.Estate may be sold when Congress directs, &c. the Deaf and Dumb shall be vested in the United States as trustee, for the sole use and purpose provided in the act entitled “An act to incorporate the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind,” approved February sixteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, and the several acts amendatory thereof: *Provided,* That, whenever Congress shall so determine, any part of said estate may be sold, and so much of the proceeds thereof as shall be needful for the purpose shall be applied to reimburse the United States for the expenditure herein provided. *Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, and other Charities.*—Columbia Hospital for women and lying-in asylum, and other charities.For the support of the Columbia Hospital for Women and Lying-in Asylum, over and above the probable amount which will be received from pay-patients, eighteen thousand three hundred dollars.
For purchase of the building now occupied by said hospital, with fortyPurchase of building.Title to real estate to be vested in the United States. thousand feet of ground, twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the title to said real estate shall be vested in the United States for the use of said hospital, and that no part of the real or personal property now held or to be hereafter acquired by said institution shall be devoted to any other purpose than a hospital for women and lying-in asylum without the consent of the United States; and that in addition to the directors,Additional directors, and their term of office. whose appointments are now provided for by law, there shall be three other directors appointed in the following manner:
One senator by the president of the Senate, and two representatives by the speaker of the House; these directors shall hold their office for the term of a single Congress, and be eligible to a re-appointment. For alteration and repairs of said building, five thousand dollars, toAlterations and repairs. be expended under the direction of the board of directors of said institution. For repairs to roof and out-buildings, alterations in wards, and repairs to heating-apparatus, two thousand dollars.
For the National Soldiers and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home of the city ofNational soldiers and sailors’ orphans’ home, &c. Washington, District of Columbia, fifteen thousand dollars, to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior. For custody and repair of government hospitals on Judiciary square,Government hospitals. three thousand dollars. 361 For care, support, and medical treatment of sixty transient paupers,Sixty transient paupers under contract. medical and surgical patients, in some proper medical institution in the city of Washington, under a contract to be formed with such institution, twelve thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, under the direction of the Secretary of War. *Smithsonian Institution.*—For preservation of the collections of theSmithsonian Institution. surveying and exploring expeditions of the government, fifteen thousand dollars.
For the completion of the hall required for the government collections,Hall for collections. ten thousand dollars. *Capitol Extension.*—For finishing and repairing the work on the CapitolCapitol extension. extension, and for completing the flagging of the upper terraces, fifty thousand dollars. For annual repairs of the old portion of the Capitol building, forRepairs of capitol building. painting, glazing, keeping roofs in order, water-pipes, pavements, and approaches to the building, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That a sufficientProviso. portion of such appropriation shall be expended, under the direction of the architect of the Capitol extension, to keep in order the arch-ways, door-ways, rotundas, and corridors of the Capitol.
For finishing and repairing the work on the new dome of the Capitol,New dome of Capitol. four thousand dollars. And so much of the sum appropriated in the deficiency act approvedUnexpended portion of appropriation. May eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, for boiler, water-tank, and steam-pump in the south wing of the Capitol as may not be expended previous to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, may1872, ch. 172.*Ante*, p. 131. be expended during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-three.
For continuing the work of grading and filling, and for planting theGrading, grounds around the Capitol, &c. grounds around the Capitol, paving B street north, from Delaware to New Jersey avenues, and the quadrant, thence to Pennsylvania avenue, and for curbing and paving the foot-ways around the Capitol grounds, thirty-five thousand dollars, which shall be available immediately: *Provided,* ThatGrades of streets in vicinity of Capitol established. the grades of the streets and avenues in the vicinity of the Capitol be, and the same are hereby, established in conformity with the plan approved by the mayor of the city of Washington, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and the architect of the Capitol extension, as authorized by the joint resolution approved July fourteenth, eighteenVol. xvi. p. 389.Plan by William Forsyth, surveyor. hundred and seventy; and for this purpose the plan made by William Forsyth, surveyor, dated January twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, on file in the office of the architect of the Capitol extension, shall be considered authentic. *Botanical Garden.* For reconstructing the eastern parallelogram ofBotanical garden. the conservatory in the botanical garden, to make it correspond with that at the west of the rotunda, thirteen thousand dollars.
For extending the propagating houses (including the use of the sash from the old portion of the conservatory), and for general repairs to buildings, four thousand five hundred dollars. For the construction of a sewer and trap across Third street, to convey the drainage of the botanical garden to the main sewer, five hundred dollars. For continuing fence and erecting gateways on Third street, seven thousand five hundred dollars. *Library of Congress.*—For additional heating apparatus in the libraryLibrary of Congress. of Congress to be expended under the direction of the architect of the Capitol extension, two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
To enable the librarian to procure for the library of Congress the EnglishEnglish county histories. county histories, the sum of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 362 For an additional appropriation, to be expended under the direction ofWorks of art.1856, ch. 129.Vol. xi. p. 88.See *Post,* p. 513. the joint committee on the library, to decorate the Capitol with such works of art as may be ordered and approved by said committee, as provided by act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, fifteen thousand dollars; and said committee, whenever, in their judgment,Joint committee on the library may accept works of the fine arts, &c. it shall be expedient, are authorized to accept any work of the fine arts on behalf of Congress, which may be offered, and to assign the same such place in the Capitol as they may deem suitable, and shall have the supervision of all works of art that may be placed in the Capitol.
For the publication of three volumes of Wilkes’s Exploring Expedition,Wilkes’s Exploring Expedition.1872, ch. 229.*Ante,* p. 164. agreeably to act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, nine thousand dollars. To enable the joint committee on the library to purchase Moran’s large painting of the Canyon of the Yellowstone, ten thousand dollars.Moran’s Canyon of the Yellowstone. *Survey of the Coast.*—For continuing the survey of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, and Lake Champlain, including compensationCoast survey.Atlantic, &c., coasts. 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 western coast of the United States,Western coast. including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, two hundred and forty 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, ten thousand dollars. For continuing the publication of the observations made in the progressPublication of observations. of coast survey, including compensation for civilians engaged in the work, the publication to be made at the government printing office, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and maintenance of the complement of vessels used in theRepairs, &c., of vessels. coast survey, forty-five thousand dollars. For extending the triangulation of the coast survey so as to form aExtending triangulation, &c. geodetic connection between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and assisting in the State surveys, including compensation of civilians engaged in the work, thirty-six thousand dollars. under the war department.War department. *Armories and Arsenals.*—Springfield armory, Springfield, Massachusetts:Armories and arsenals.Springfield.
For repairs and preservation of grounds, buildings, and machinery; and for curbstone for armory grounds fronting on State street, twenty-two thousand dollars. Rock Island armory and arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois: For new forging-shopRock island. of same dimensions and architecture as shops already built, except that it will be only one story high, one hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars; for new finishing-shop for armory, two hundred thousand dollars; for new fire-proof barracks for enlisted men, including mess-building, bakery, and laundry-building, ninety-five thousand dollars; for new powder-magazine, fifteen thousand dollars; for completing development of the water-power, one hundred and ten thousand dollars: for the construction of avenues and roads to the Rock Island wagon-bridge, and to the new bridge across the Mississippi river, to the city of Davenport, and for building a railroad to connect the present arsenal railroad with the Chicago and Rock Island railroad, when changed to its new location at the lower end of the island, and for building two entrances to the island from the two bridges, and an iron fence connecting the two entrances, and between the railroad and the public wagon-road on one side and the arsenal on the other side, twenty-eight thousand dollars: for new machin-363ery for the new shops already completed, twenty thousand dollars; for laying water-pipe, three thousand dollars; for putting six water-wheels (sixty-five horse power each) in the new dam, with shafting and machinery, for transmission of power to the shops already in use, twenty-six thousand dollars; in all, six hundred and fifty-two thousand dollars.
For completion of the wagon-road bridge connecting Moline with RockWagon-road bridge. Island, one hundred thousand dollars. For the construction of the Rock Island bridge, the balance of the appropriation,Rock island bridge.1871, ch. 114 § 1.Vol. xvi. p. 505. continued by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, which may be unexpended at the close of the present fiscal year, is hereby re-appropriated. Benicia arsenal, Benicia, California: For boring artesian well, twelveBenicia; thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars; for building new wharf, eleven thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars; for removing bank in front of office, and filling up ravine, five thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars; for necessary grading of public grounds, eight thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars; for repairs of workshops, storehouses, and quarters, five thousand six hundred dollars; in all, forty-four thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars.
Columbus arsenal, Columbus, Ohio: For care and repairs of publicColumbus; buildings and grounds, nine hundred and fifty dollars. Charleston arsenal, Charleston, South Carolina: For putting slate-roofCharleston; on foundry building, one thousand three hundred dollars; for relaying floors in store-houses, one thousand two hundred dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and grounds, two hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred dollars. Detroit arsenal, Dearbornville, Michigan:
For painting and repairingDetroit; public buildings, five hundred dollars. Fort Monroe arsenal, Old Point Comfort, Virginia: For completingFort Monroe; gun-yard fence, brick foundation wall, and fence of old musket-barrels, three thousand dollars; for repairing store-houses, for painting and repairing public buildings, three thousand dollars; in all, six thousand dollars. Fort Union arsenal, Fort Union, New Mexico Territory: For repairingFort Union; storehouses, magazine, barracks, workshops, office, quarters, inclosing wall, and fences, three thousand five hundred dollars.
Frankford arsenal, Bridesburg, Pennsylvania: For repairs of publicFrankford, buildings and grounds, three thousand dollars. Kennebec arsenal, Augusta, Maine: For repairing public buildings,Kennebec; grounds, and fences, one thousand dollars. Leavenworth arsenal, Leavenworth, Kansas: For additions to subaltern’sLeavenworth; quarters, one thousand and thirty-six dollars and ninety cents; for repairs to public buildings, cisterns, drains, and walks, three thousand six hundred dollars; for building a cistern for use of steam-engine, five hundred and fifty dollars; for purchase of steam-pump, boiler, pipe, and putting up the same, for the purpose of supplying water to the arsenal, including construction of water-tank, one thousand dollars; for putting up fence along new wagon-road to railroad-bridge, and along railroad to railroad-bridge, three thousand two hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; for repairing main fence inclosing arsenal, one thousand and seventy-eight dollars; for macadamizing road leading to arsenal from main road to Leavenworth, and for roads around arsenal building, one thousand five hundred dollars; in all, twelve thousand and forty-seven dollars and forty cents.
New York arsenal, Governor’s Island, New York harbor, New York:New York. For repairs of steam-engines, tanks, fire apparatus, docks, drains, and grounds, and purchase of hose, nine thousand dollars; for grading and improving public grounds, two thousand dollars; for repairs of public buildings, six thousand dollars; for extending and repairing fences, six hundred dollars; in all, seventeen thousand six hundred dollars. 364 Magazine, Boston: For a new house for shell and powder fillingMagazine at Boston; twelve thousand dollars.
Saint Louis arsenal, Missouri: For purchase of new boiler for steam-engineArsenal atSaint Louis; at water-works, one thousand dollars; for general repairs of public buildings and inclosing fences, Jefferson barracks, Missouri, two thousand dollars; in all, three thousand dollars. San Antonio arsenal, San Antonio, Texas: For taking down walls andSan Antonio; rebuilding with cut stone the building used as an armory-shop, nine thousand dollars; for erecting a frame storehouse, one hundred by twenty-five feet, one story, four thousand dollars; for building a cistern to supply the post with water, two thousand dollars; for repairing and painting public buildings and fences, one thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand dollars.
Vancouver arsenal, Vancouver, Washington Territory: For repairingVancouver; storehouses, workshops, quarters, barracks, fences, and grounds, one thousand dollars. Washington arsenal, Washington, District of Columbia: For copingWashington; for inclosing-wall on northern front of arsenal grounds, and for entrance-gates at the termination of Four-and-a-half street, three thousand dollars. Watervliet arsenal, West Troy, New York: For repairing public buildings,Watervliet; fifteen hundred dollars.
Watertown arsenal, Watertown, Massachusetts: For repairs of roofsWatertown; and painting buildings and fences, five thousand dollars; for repairing and painting officers’ quarters and renewing furnaces and water-closets, three thousand dollars. Contingencies of arsenals: For repairs of smaller arsenals, and to meetcontingencies. such unforeseen expenditures at arsenals as accidents or other contingencies during the year may render necessary, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no money appropriated by this act shall be paid as commissions upon any labor or materials furnished the United States.
For continuing the surveys of the northern and northwestern lakes,Continuing surveys of western lakes, appropriation, when available. one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. And this appropriation shall be available from the time of the passage of this act. *Buildings and Grounds in and around Washington.*—Repairs, care, and improvement of public buildings, grounds, and works in the DistrictBuildings and grounds around Washington, under direction of chief engineer; of Columbia, under the direction of the chief engineer of the army, viz.:— For fuel for propagating garden and lodges in public grounds, five hundred dollars.
For repairs, fuel, and similar necessaries, for executive mansion: ForFuel, &c., repairs, &c.; repairs to the mansion, ten thousand dollars; for fuel, five thousand dollars; for refurnishing the same, twelve thousand dollars; for repairs and care of greenhouse, including new floor, flower-stands, and pipes, ten thousand dollars; for constructing six hundred and thirty-four feet of sewer for drainage, three thousand dollars. For lighting the Capitol and executive mansion and grounds:
Forlighting; lighting Capitol and executive mansion and public grounds, forty-five thousand dollars; and the officer charged with the disbursement of this appropriation shall have the entire care and control of the consumption of the gas used for lighting buildings and grounds herein provided for. For lamps and lamp-posts for centre and south walk, west Capitollamps and posts; grounds, five hundred dollars; for pay of lamp-lighters, gas-fitting, plumbing, lamps, posts, and repairs of all sorts, fifteen thousand dollars.
Improvement and care of public grounds: For annual repair of fencespublic grounds. around reservations, two thousand dollars; for manure, and hauling the same on public grounds, five thousand dollars; for painting iron fences around reservations, and around War and Navy Departments, four thousand dollars; for improvement, care, and protection of seats, and for fountains and fish-ponds in Capitol grounds, three thousand dollars; for purchase of seats for Capitol grounds, one thousand dollars; for hire of carts for public grounds, five thousand dollars; for purchase and repair365 of tools for public grounds, two thousand dollars; for purchase of trees,Buildings and grounds around Washington. tree-boxes, and whitewashing fences, five thousand dollars; for purchase of flower-pots, mats, twine, and glasses, one thousand dollars.
For care and improvement of grounds south of executive mansion, including purchase of trees, making walks, and grading, ten thousand dollars; for repairs of greenhouse at propagating garden, three thousand dollars. For improving Franklin square, introducing water, gas, lodge, and urinals,Franklin square. six thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement of Monument grounds, grading road, walk, draining,Monument grounds; purchase and hauling gravel for walks and roads, trees, and shrubs, as per plan, fifteen thousand dollars; and said grounds shall be considered as ato be considered a portion of public grounds, &c.1867, ch. 167, § 2.Vol. xiv. p. 466. portion of the public grounds in the city of Washington, and shall be under the same control as the other public buildings and grounds in the city of Washington, in conformity with the act of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
For improving and grading Armory square, making and gravelling walks, roads, purchase of trees, and drainage, ten thousand dollars. For the improvement of Judiciary square, by introducing water, drainage, purchase of trees, and opening and grading walks, twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For care and improvement of the Smithsonian grounds, two thousand dollars. For completing improvements and for care of Lafayette square, three thousand five hundred dollars. For improvement of Farragut square, five thousand dollars.
For grading, opening walks and roads, and gravelling the same, drainage, purchase of trees and shrubs, for improvement of reservation between Third and Sixth streets, as per plan, ten thousand dollars; for removing snow and ice from pavements and walks, one thousand dollars. For starting a nursery for improvement of public grounds, two thousand dollars. For improving Lincoln park, building pavements, opening walks, and lodge, five thousand five hundred dollars. For improving reservation on New York avenue and Eighteenth street, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs of government water-pipes and fire-plugs, and purchase of apparatus for cleaning water-pipes, ten thousand dollars; for purchase of sparrows, cages, boxes, and care of the same, five hundred dollars; for purchase of tree-markers, and marking the same, one hundred dollars; for abating nuisances, one thousand dollars. For improving reservations on different avenues, twenty thousand dollars. For casual repairs of Navy Yard bridge and upper bridge, three thousandRepairs of bridges. dollars. *Washington Aqueduct.*—For repairs of dwellings for keepers of theWashington Aqueduct. water gates, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For completing the parapets of Cabin John bridge and other bridges on the line of the aqueduct, thirteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars. For a dial telegraph connecting the great falls of the Potomac with the reservoirs and with the office in Washington, two thousand five hundred dollars. For maintenance, including superintendence, salaries of gate-keepers, and general repairs, fifteen thousand dollars. For completing the necessary excavation of distributing reservoir, eleven thousand five hundred and fifty dollars.
For furnishing and laying a cast-iron pipe four feet in diameter from the central gate-house to the effluent gate-house, twenty-two thousand nine hundred and thirty-two dollars. For purchase of land for road from the great falls to conduit road,366 three thousand one hundred and thirty-nine dollars; and all the foregoing appropriations for the service of the Washington aqueduct are hereby made available immediately upon the passage of this act. For rebuilding the chain bridge, on the Potomac river, one hundredRebuilding chain bridge. thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That the bridge shall be rebuilt as a substantial iron structure, upon plans to be approved by the chief of engineers of the army, and under his supervision and direction.
To pay five laborers in the old part of the Capitol, and five watchmenLaborers and watchmen.1866, ch. 296, § 18. in reservation two, twenty per centum on their pay for the years ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as authorized by the eighteenth section of the act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, two thousandVol. xiv. p. 323. eight hundred and eighty dollars, or so much as may be necessary. *Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.*—For collectionBureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands; and payment of bounty, prize-money, and other legitimate claims of colored soldiers and sailors, viz.:
For salaries of agents and clerks; rent of offices, fuel, and lights; stationery and printing; office furniture and repairs; mileage and transportation of officers and agents; telegraphing and postage, one hundred thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the Bureauto be discontinued after June 30, 1872. of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands shall be discontinued from and after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and that all agents, clerks, and other employees then on duty shall be discharged, except such as may be retained by the Secretary of War for the purposes of this proviso; and all acts and parts of acts pertaining to the collectionActs in regard to payment of bounties, &c., to colored soldiers, &c., to remain in force, &c. and payment of bounties, or other moneys due to colored soldiers, sailors, and marines, or their heirs, shall remain in force until otherwise ordered by Congress, the same to be carried into effect by the Secretary of War, who may employ such clerical force as may be necessary for the purpose.
For the support of Freedmen’s Hospital and Asylum at Washington,Freedmen’s hospital and asylum; District of Columbia, viz.: Pay of medical officers and attendants: medicines, medical supplies, and rations; clothing; rent of hospital buildings, fuel, and lights; repairs and transportation, seventy-four thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said appropriation shall be used in theno part to be paid for, &c.; support of, or to pay any of the aforesaid expenses on account of any persons hereafter to be admitted to said hospital and asylum, unless persons removed thither from some other government hospital: *Provided,*after June 30, 1872, to be under the control of the Secretary of War.
That after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the Freedmen’s Hospital in the District of Columbia shall, until otherwise ordered by Congress, be continued under the supervision and control of the Secretary of War, who shall make all estimates, and pass all accounts, and be accountable to the treasury of the United States for all expenditures. *Signal-Office.*—For manufacture, purchase, or repair of meteorologicalSignal office. and other necessary instruments; for telegraphing reports; for expenses of storm-signals announcing probable approach and force of storms throughout the United States, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture; for instrument-shelters; for hire, furniture, and expenses of offices maintained for public use in cities or posts receiving reports; for maps and bulletins, to be displayed in chambers of commerce and boards-of-trade rooms; for books and stationery; and for incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That the SecretaryCertain stations, reports, and signals to be provided for. of War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide, in the system of observations and reports in charge of the chief signal officer of the army, for such stations, reports, and signals as may be found necessary for the benefit of agriculture and commercial interests: *And provided,* That noNo part to be paid to certain telegraph companies. part of this appropriation, nor of any appropriation for the several departments of the government, shall be paid to any telegraphic company which shall neglect or refuse to transmit telegraphic communications between said departments, their officers, agents, or employees, under the provisions of367 the second section of chapter two hundred and thirty of the statutes of1866, ch. 230, § 2.Vol. xiv. p. 221. the United States for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-six, and at rates of compensation therefor to be established by the Postmaster-General: *Provided also,* That whenever any telegraph company shall have filed its written acceptance with the Postmaster-General, of the restrictions and obligations required by the act approved July twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled, “An act to aid in the construction of telegraph lines, and to secure to the government the use of the same, for postal, military, and other purposes,” if such company, its agents, or employeesPenalty upon certain telegraph companies for refusing to transmit certain communications.Vol. xvi. p. 369. shall hereafter refuse or neglect to transmit any such telegraphic communications as are provided for by the aforesaid act, or by the joint resolution approved the ninth day of February, eighteen hundred and seventy, “to authorize the Secretary of War to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations and other points of the interior of the continent, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and seaboard of the approach and force of storms,” such telegraphic company shall forfeit and pay to the United States not less than one hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars for each refusal or neglect aforesaid, to be recovered by an action or actions at law, in any district court of the United States. *Miscellaneous Objects.*—To provide for the payment under existingMiscellaneous.Property lost in the military service. laws for horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States, one hundred thousand dollars.
Secret-service fund: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to settleSecret service fund. the accounts of disbursing officers for expenditures already made in pursuance of law, which will not involve any actual expenditure, but merely a transfer on the books of the treasury, fifty thousand dollars. To provide for the payment to Benn Pitman for a transcript of hisBenn Pitman.1872, ch. 311.*Ante,* p. 229. phonographic copy of the record and proceedings of the court of inquiry in relation to the conduct of General D.
C. Buell, while in command of the army in Kentucky and Tennessee, the sum of twelve hundred dollars. Military convicts at State penitentiaries: For payment of costs andMilitary convicts at State penitentiaries. charges of State penitentiaries for the care, clothing, maintenance, and medical attendance of United States military convicts confined in them, sixty-five thousand dollars. Refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers: To indemnifyRefunding to States expenses of raising volunteers. the States for expenses incurred by them in enrolling, equipping, and transporting troops for the defence of the United States during the late insurrection, five hundred thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to pay the expenses incurred, on theArbitration between the United States and the Green Bay, &c., Canal Co. part of the United States, in the arbitration had between the United States and the Green Bay and Mississippi Canal Company, thirteen thousand seven hundred and thirteen dollars and ninety-seven cents. To provide for the erection of head-stones upon the graves of soldiersHeadstones upon graves of soldiers, &c. in the national cemeteries, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars.
For the establishment of an astronomical base, and continuance of militarySurveys, west of 100 west longitude. and geographical surveys and explorations west of the one hundredth meridian of longitude, under the direction of the Secretary of War, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the purchase and preparation of instruments for a proper observationTransit of Venus. of the transit of Venus, which is predicted to occur on the eighth of December, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, fifty thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of a commission, to be composed of theCommission.See *Post,* p. 514 superintendent and two of the professors of mathematics of the navy attached to the naval observatory, the president of the national academy of sciences, and the superintendent of the coast survey: *Provided,* That noProviso. contracts or engagements shall be made for such instruments to an amount exceeding the sum hereby appropriated.
For pedestal for the equestrian statue of General Winfield Scott, au-Pedestal to statue of General Scott.368zthorized by act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, forty-two thousand dollars. For expenses of the United States commissioners to the InternationalCommissioners to international penitentiary congress; Penitentiary Congress at London, in eighteen hundred and seventy-two, five thousand dollars. For expenses of the United States commissioners to the Internationalstatistical congress.
Statistical Congress at Saint Petersburg, five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide a law library for theLaw library for Colorado territory. territory of Colorado, two thousand five hundred dollars, said library to be selected by the chief justice of said Territory. For preparing and printing a series of maps, not exceeding twenty inMaps to illustrate the ninth census. number, to illustrate graphically the quarto volumes of the ninth census, twenty-five thousand dollars. under the navy department.Navy department. *Navy-Yards.*—Navy-yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire:
For repairsNavy yards atPortsmouth; of all kinds, seventy-five thousand dollars; for repairs of floating docks, eighty thousand dollars; for permanent improvements, namely, for bridge connecting Seavey’s island, four thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred dollars. For constructing and testing experimental breech-loading boat-howitzers, ten thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Boston, Massachusetts: For repairs of all kinds, seventy-fiveBoston; thousand dollars.
Navy-yard, Brooklyn, New York: For repairs of all kinds, one hundredBrooklyn; thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: For repairs of all kinds, fortyPhiladelphia; thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Washington, District of Columbia: For repairs of all kinds,Washington; seventy-five thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Norfolk, Virginia: For repairs of all kinds, one hundredNorfolk; thousand dollars. Navy-yard, Pensacola, Florida: For repairs of all kinds, twenty-fivePensacola; thousand dollars.
Navy-yard, Mare island, California: For repairs of all kinds, seventy-fiveMare island. thousand dollars; for repairs of floating-docks, one hundred thousand dollars; for permanent improvements, namely, for commencing dry-dock, two hundred thousand dollars; continuing quay-wall and wharves, thirty thousand dollars; continuation of rail-tracks, five thousand dollars; in all, four hundred and ten thousand dollars. For naval station at League island, Pennsylvania: For repairs and maintenanceNaval station atLeague island; of embankments and for dredging, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars.
For naval station at New London, Connecticut: For building wharf,New London; grading, for building storehouse, and for care and preservation of property, twenty thousand dollars. For naval station at Key West, Florida; For repairs of all kinds, fifteenKey West; thousand dollars. For emergencies at naval stations: For emergencies that may arise at navalEmergencies. stations, forty thousand dollars. under the department of agriculture.Department of agriculture. *Buildings and Grounds.*—For improvement of grounds:
For labor,Building and grounds. twelve thousand dollars; for heating-apparatus for new grapery, two thousand dollars; for material for roads and walks, one thousand five hundred dollars; for cast-iron labels for naming trees in arboretum, one hundred dollars; for tools, repairs, and blacksmithing, one thousand dollars; for draining-tiles for grounds, five hundred dollars; for terrace-walls,369 two thousand five hundred dollars; for repairing fence around grounds, one thousand dollars; and for a furnace in the laboratory, four hundred dollars; in all, twenty-one thousand dollars.
Toward completing the museum under the charge of Professor TownsendMuseum. Glover, three thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation (sectionPart of unexpended balance of appropriation for life-saving stations, &c., need not go to surplus fund.1871, ch. 21, § 27.*Ante*, p. 12.1870, ch. 251, § 5.Vol. xvi. p. 251. twenty-seven of the act approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one) for more effectually securing life and property on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars is hereby excepted from the operation of the fifth section of the act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
Sec. 3. That the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars and eight cents is hereby appropriated toRepayment to clerk of district court for southern district of Illinois for amount paid to the secretary of the Treasury, as prize-money, under a decree of court, since declared erroneous. enable the Secretary of the Treasury to return to the clerk of the United States district court for the southern district of Illinois the one-half of four hundred and fifty-one thousand five hundred and two dollars and sixteen cents paid to said secretary by said clerk as prize-money, in pursuance of a decree of said court made on the eleventh day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, which decree was afterward, to wit, on the ninth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, held to be erroneous and set aside by said court, and said money ordered to be returned to said court for distribution to the lawful owners thereof; and to this end that the said secretary cause to be transferred the said sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and fifty-one dollars and eight cents from the navy pension fund to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States; the moneys so directed to be returned having been deposited to the credit of said fund on the twenty-third of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by warrant number one hundred and sixty-nine.
Sec. 4. That the proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department,In adjusting account of William Kapus, allowance to be made for pay of Charles H. Pierce. be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the account of William Kapus, collector of customs for the district of Alaska, to make an allowance for the compensation of Charles H. Pierce for services rendered in aid of the collection of the revenue from customs at the port of Oonalaska, in said district, of such sum as they may deem just and equitable for the time actually employed, not to exceed the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 5. That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay StandishStandish and Ballard. and Ballard, attorneys, their account for defending the register and the receiver at Ionia, Michigan, the sum of one thousand dollars is hereby appropriated. Sec. 6. That in the settlement of judgments by the court of claims orJudgments of court of claims for captured, &c., cotton, &c., to be paid without deduction for internal revenue tax. the supreme court of the United States, hereafter to be rendered for captured or abandoned cotton, or in settlements for cotton seized subsequent to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to pay such judgments, or the amounts as ascertained upon such settlements in full without deduction on account of internal-revenue tax upon cotton.
Sec. 7. That the accounting officers of the treasury be, and they areCollector of customs at Chicago to be allowed for certain moneys lost by the fire. hereby, authorized and directed, in adjusting the accounts of the collector of customs for the port of Chicago, to allow him, as an ex-officio depositary of moneys belonging to the United States, a credit for such sum or sums, in coin or currency, as may satisfactorily appear to have been held by him, as such depositary, at the time of the fire in said city on the ninth and tenth days of October, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to have been lost or destroyed by fire.
Approved, June 10, 1872.
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