Chapter XXI. making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for additional Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy tivo, and for other Purposes
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CHAP. XXI.— An Act making Appropriations to supply Deficiencies in the Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for additional Appropriations for the Service of the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy tivo, and for other Purposes.April 20, 1871. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatDeficiency appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1871, and additional appropriation for the year ending June 30, 1872.Payment of additional clerks in the pension office. &c.
(to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior,) made necessary by act1871, ch. 50.Vol. xvi. p. 411. in order to carry into effect the provisions of an act entitled “An act granting pensions to certain soldiers and sailors of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, and the widows of deceased soldiers,” approved February fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, there be, and is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the payment, during the remainder of the present fiscal year, of two elerks of class three, four clerks of class two, nineteen elerks of class one, and two assistant messengers in the pension office, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, eight thousand two hundred and sixty dollars; for office rent, furniture, and contingent expenses of said office for the same period, six thousand five hundred dollars; and for the payment, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, of four clerks of class three, eight elerks of class two, forty-eight clerks of class one, and three assistant messengers in said office, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, seventy-seven thousand three hundred and sixty dollars; and for office rent, furniture, stationery, and contingent expenses of said office during the said year, seven thousand dollars: *Provided,*Provisions of act1870, ch. 225, Vol. xvi. p. 193, made applicable to the prosecution of claims to, and payments of, pensions.
That nothing in any act contained shall be construed to alter or amend an act entitled “An act to define the duties of pension agents and prescribe the manner of paying pensions, and for other purposes,” approved July eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy; but the provisions of said act are hereby declared to be in full force and effect, and applicable to the prosecution of claims to pension, and to the payment of pensions6FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 21. 1871. whichAppropriation for detection, &c. of crimes may be used during the current fiscal year.1871, ch. 114.Vol. xvi. p. 497. may be allowed under any or all the various acts of Congress granting the same; and that so much of the appropriation provided for in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, “to he expended in the detection and prosecution of crimes against the United States,” as may, in the judgment of the Attorney-General, be necessary, may be used during the current fiscal year.
ThatCertain books, records, &c. relating to transactions of or with the confederate states, or copies, may be used by the commissioners of claims under act1871, ch. 116. § 2,Vol. xvi. p. 524. all books, records, papers, and documents relative to transactions of or with the late so-called government of the confederate States, or the government of any State lately in insurrection, now in the possession, or which may at any time come into the possession, of the government of the United States, or of any department thereof, may be resorted to for information by the board of commissioners of claims created by act approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; and copies thereof, duly certified by the officer having custody of the same, shall be treated with the like force and effect as the original.
ForRebuilding Catholic orphan asylum at Charleston, S. C. the rebuilding of the Catholic orphan asylum at Charleston, South Carolina, twelve thousand dollars, in consideration of the services rendered by the sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston, South Carolina, to the sick and wounded Union officers and soldiers, while said city was under bombardment during the war. Sec. 2. ThatSalary of additional assistant attorney-general.1871, ch. 72.Vol. xvi. p. 432. there is hereby appropriated to pay the salary for the remainder of the present and for the next fiscal year, of the assistant attorney-general, authorized to be appointed by the act of the last session of Congress, six thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 3. The following stated sums are hereby appropriated for the purposes hereinafter expressed, viz.:— To supplyContingent expenses of the House of Representatives. a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the House of Representatives for the present fiscal year, the same to be added to the appropriation “for miscellaneous items,” five thousand dollars. To supplyIndependent treasury at a deficiency in the appropriations for the service of the independent treasury, for the fiscal year, as follows:— ForBaltimore; clerks and messengers in the office of the assistant treasurer at Baltimore, six thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars.
ForCincinnati; clerks and messengers in the office of the depositary at Cincinnati, five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. ForChicago; clerks and messengers in the office of the depositary at Chicago, one thousand one hundred dollars. ForLouisville; clerks and messengers in the office of the depositary at Louisville, eight hundred dollars. ForNew Orleans. salary of the assistant treasurer at New Orleans, to make his compensation four thousand five hundred dollars, as provided by existing laws, five hundred dollars.
ForContingent expenses.1846, ch. 90.Vol. ix. p. 59.No part for clerical services. contingent expenses under the act of August sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, for the collection, safekeeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenue, fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no part of said sum shall be expended for clerical services. ForDirect tax commissioners of South Carolina. salaries and expenses of the direct tax commissioners of South Carolina, and of their clerks, from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy, until the closing of their office, three thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may bonecessary.
ForDistrict of Columbia. the support of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two:— ForGovernor. salary of the governor of thu District of Columbia, three thousand dollars. ForSecretary. salary of the secretary of the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. 7 ForMembers of council. compensation of the members of the council of the District of Columbia, four thousand four hundred dollars. ForBoard of public works.Certain members not to draw salaries as, &c.Said board to be an existing board from, &c.1871, ch. 62.Vol. xvi. p. 419. compensation of the board of public works of the District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no person shall be entitled to draw a salary as a member of the board of public works who is paid a salary for the discharge of the duties of any other officer under the government of the United States; and said board shall be held to be an existing board for all the purposes specified in the “Act to provide a government for the District of Columbia,” from and after the appointment and qualification of the members thereof.
ForCadet barracks at West Point. the repair of the damages caused by fire upon the cadet barracks at West Point, ten thousand dollars. ToUnited States Statutes at Large, volume xvi. enable the Secretary of the Interior to purchase of Messrs. Little, Brown, and Company, two thousand copies of the sixteenth volume of the United States Statutes at Large, for distribution agreeably to the acts of Congress directing the distribution of the other volumes, seven thousand dollars. ToWilliam Hardin. pay Willi am Hardin a balance due him under his contract for surveying the public lands in Nebraska, three thousand six hundred dollars.
ToClothing for marine corps. supply a deficiency in the appropriation for clothing for the marine corps for for the year ending J une thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, fifteen thousand dollars. ForAdditional pay to reporters for Congressional Globe. payment to the reporters of the Senate and House for the Congressional Globe of the usual additional compensation for reporting the proceedings of the first session of the Forty-second Congress, five hundred dollars each, five thousand dollars.
ToCivil service.1871, ch. 114, § 9.Vol. xvi. p. 514. enable the President to carry out the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, authorizing him to prescribe rules and regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service, and so forth, ten thousand dollars. ForJoint select committee on alleged outrages in the Southern States.Purchase of Club House at Charleston for court-house.1869, ch. 122.Vol. xv. p. 305. expenses of the joint select committee on alleged outrages in the Southern States, the sura of thirty thousand dollars, and any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the select committee of the Senate on the same subject shall be carried to the above appropriation in addition thereto, said sums to be carried for this purpose to the contingent fund of the Senate, and to be expended upon vouchers of the chairman of said joint committee: *Provided,* That the sum of nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-five dollars and twenty-two cents, being an unexpended balance of an appropriation by act of March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, “for purchase of building known as the Club House, at Charleston, South Carolina, and the fitting up thereof for the use of the United States courts,” and having been, by existing laws, covered into the treasury of the United States, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and shall be expended in accordance with the provisions of the act making the original appropriation.
ToFolding documents. supply a deficiency in the appropriation for folding documents and materials for the House of Representatives, twenty thousand dollars. SenateClerks to committees, &c. of the United States: For labor, three thousand dollars; for clerks to committees, pages, horses, and carryalls, fifteen thousand dollars. ForClerks in office of surveyor-general in Minnesota.1870, ch. 292.Vol. xvi. p. 305. compensation of the clerks in the office of the surveyor-general of Minnesota, employed upon work consequent upon the special appropriation for the survey of the public lands within the limits of the grant to the Northern Pacific railroad, per act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, nine thousand two hundred dollars, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
ForCalifornia. compensation of the clerks in the office of the surveyor-general of California, two thousand six hundred dollars, for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. To pay Dexter R. Crocker for carrying the mail from Canyonville, 8 Oregon,Dexter R. Crocker, for carrying the mail. to Yreka, California, from the twenty-fourth of April to the ninth of November, eighteen hundred and fifty-three, one thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars. ForS.
R. Harlow, expenses in arresting Mott. payment of S. R. Harlow, late marshal of the southern district of New York, for expenses incurred in arresting one Mott, in San Francisco, for violation of revenue law in said district, five hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be due. Sec. 4. ThatSecretary of Interior may promote clerks in census office. in addition to the clerkships authorized by the act approved May five, eighteen hundred and sixty, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and empowered to promote from the clerks of class one employed in the census office, three to be clerks of class four, seven to be clerks of class three, and fifteen to be clerks of class two, and the sum of seven thousand six hundred dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the increased salary:No increase in whole number in bureau.Certain clerk-ships to terminate. *Provided,* That no increase in the total number of clerks employed in said bureau shall be deemed to be authorized hereby: *And provided further,* That the authority for such additional clerkships of the second, third, and iburth class shall terminate one year from date.
ForScheldt dues;seventh and eighth instalments.Vol. xiii. p. 649. the purpose of carrying ont the stipulations of the treaty of July twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the Belgians, providing for the payment of interest in the matter of the capitalization of the Scheldt dues, being a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of the seventh annual instalment due the government of Belgium under said treaty, April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and the eighth annual instalment, due April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twelve thousand dollars, in coin, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
ForCustom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota; the completion of the Custom-house at Saint Paul, Minnesota, thirty-five thousand one hundred and sixty-three dollars and sixty-five cents, being the amount of a balance of an appropriation for that building now standing to its credit on the books of the treasury, but unavailable under existing laws. Thatat Astoria, Oregon.1871, ch. 114.Vol. xvi. p. 509. section two of “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes,” approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be, and hereby is, amended by striking out after the words “for Custom-house, Astoria, Oregon,” the word “completion,” and inserting in place thereof “continuation of the construction.
” ForCourt-house and post office at Des Moines, Iowa; completion of the court-house and post-office building at Des Moines, Iowa, six thousand eight hundred and fifty-six dollars. Sec. 5. Thatat Omaha, Nebraska.1869, ch. 122.Vol. xv. p. 307. the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, appropriated by act approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, for the purchase of site, and the erection thereon of a post-office and court-house building in Omaha, Nebraska, the same being unexpended, is hereby revived and reappropriated for said purpose.
Sec. 6. ThatCertain appropriations for public buildings, &c. made available.Proviso.Unused appropriation for salaries, &c. of special agent, and inspectors of steamboats, to be applied in same manner, until, &c.1870, ch. 292.Vol. xvi. p. 291. any appropriations heretofore made for any public works, buildings, or grounds, for the year commencing July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall be available for the current year: *Provided,* That no expenditure beyond the Severn! sums already appropriated shall be authorized by this section.
And that the appropriation for the payment of the salary and travelling expenses of a special agent of the Treasury Department, and for the salaries of all supervising inspectors, local inspectors, and clerks employed in the administration of the steamboat inspection laws, made under section first of “An act making Appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,” approved July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, and still remaining unexpended, shall be applicable, as heretofore, to the payment of such salaries and expenses until sufficient revenue shall accrue therefor under the provisions of section9sixty-six1871, ch. 100, § 66.Vol. xvi. p. 450. of “An act to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, and for other purposes,” approved February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; the amount paid under the provisions of this section to be reimbursed to theAmount to be reimbursed. treasury out of the revenues received under the provisions of said act of February twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
AndBoundary line between Idaho and Utah Territories.1871, ch. 114.Vol. xvi. p. 502. the appropriation “for the survey of the boundary line between Idaho and Utah Territories,” contained in the act making appropriations ibr sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes, approved March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby made subject to present use. Sec. 7. ThatRobert T. Kirkmtrick.Vol. xvi. p. 702. the sum of twenty thousand five hundred and twenty-three dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the claim of Robert T.
Kirkpatrick, provided for in joint resolution approved February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one. Sec. 8. ThatAppropriation for ninth census may be used this year.1871, ch. 114, § 8.Vol. xvi. p. 514.Mileage. so much of the appropriation for paying the expenses of taking the ninth census of the United States contained in the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, as may be necessary, may be used during the current fiscal year; and the proviso in the eighth section of said act is amended by adding after the words “eight dollars per day” the words “exclusive of mileage.
” Sec. 9. ThatBranch mint at Carson City.1871, ch. 114.Vol. xvi. p. 498. the appropriation of thirty thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars “for necessary expenses in the erection, furnishing machinery,” and so forth, of the branch mint at Carson City, contained in the 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, approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, is hereby made subject to present use.
Sec. 10. ThatPier at Lewes, Delaware.1870, ch. 292, §§ 12, 13.Vol. xvi. p. 310.See *Post.* p. 134. the appropriation for building a pier at Lewes, Delaware, contained in sections twelve and thirteen of the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,and for other purposes,” be, and the same is hereby, continued until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Sec. 11. ThatContingencies of the House of Representatives.Committee of elections. there be added to the miscellaneous item of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives the sum of two thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the balance remaining unpaid upon the accounts of witnesses who appeared before the subcommittee of the committee of elections of the House of Representatives, charged with the investigation, in the summer of eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, of the election in Louisiana in eighteen hundred and sixty-eight.
And for two thousand copies of Barclay’s Digest, ordered by resolution of the HouseBarclay’s Digest.PagesAssistant journal clerkConstitution of the United States.Clerks of committees. of July fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, two thousand dollars; also for pages in the House of Representatives, one thousand five hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-nine cents. For the compensation of an assistant journal clerk in the House of Representatives for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, twenty-five hundred and ninety-two dollars.
And for one thousand copies of the “Constitution of the United States, with the Rules of the Senate,” compiled by Wm. J. McDonald, under a resolution of the Senate of March fourteen, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, one thousand dollars. For the payments of clerks of committees of the House, in accordance with the resolution of the House of the tenth instant, two thousand dollars. Sec. 12. That the provisions of the eleventh section of the act approved10 JulyPay of persons employed in the insurrectionary States in connection with the Treasury Department in 1867.Appropriation. fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, entitled “An net making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes,” be, and hereby are, extended so as to include such persons as were actually employed in the States lately in insurrection, in connection with the Treasury Department, as officers of the United States during the year eighteen hundred and sixty-seven in connection with the revenues of the government; and an amount sufficient to carry out the provisions of this section, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 13. ThatArapahoe, Cheyenne Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians.Vol. xv. pp. 581–669. the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for subsistence, for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, of the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Apache, Kiowa, and Comanche Indians who have been collected and located upon the reservation set apart for their use and occupation by the treaties made with them in eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, two hundred thousand dollars.
Sec. 14. ThatSurvey of eastern boundary of Nevada by Isaac E. James may be approved. the commissioner of the general land office is hereby authorized to approve the survey of the eastern boundary of Nevada, made by Isaac E. James, notwithstanding any departure from instructions which, in the opinion of said commissioner, does not materially impair the accuracy of the work. Sec. 15. ThatPrivileges of act 1870, ch. 255, Vol. xvi. pp. 256, 271, extended to Detroit. the privileges of the act entitled “An act to reduce internal taxes, and for other purposes,” approved July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, be, and are hereby, extended to the port of Detroit, in the State of Michigan.
Sec. 16. ThatBona-fide settlers under the homestead, &c. laws, although appointed register, &c. may perfect their title. any bona-fide settler under the homestead or preemption laws of the United States who has filed the proper application to enter not to exceed one quarter-section of the public lands in any district land office, and who has been subsequently appointed a register or receiver, may perfect the title to the said land under the preemption laws by furnishing the proofs and making the payments required by law, to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the general land office.
Sec. 17. ThatPowers of certain commissioners of streets, &c. in Washington, D. C., transferred to the board of public works.1870, ch. 137.Vol. xvi. p. 159.Private property to be assessed.1870, ch. 292, § 5.Vol. xvi. p. 309.Provision as to Washington City canal. from and after the passage of this act all powers conferred upon certain persons as commissioners by the act approved June twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy, for the improvement of M Street northwest, and by the act approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, for the improvement of the Washington City canal, shall be transferred to the board of public works of the District of Columbia; and the persons acting as commissioners under said acts are hereby directed to transfer to said board of public works all books, papers, and other property in their possession pertaining to the works under their charge; and private property shall be assessed for the improvement of M Street, and Seventh Street southwest, from B Street to the river, heretofore authorized by law, as provided in the act of February twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
And in case said board shall, under said act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, decide to open said canal, they are hereby empowered toopen both its branches, so as to connect with the government canal at the arsenal: *Provided,* That the cost of said work shall not exceed the amount already fixed by law for that purpose. ThatPavement of Pennsylvania Avenue.A like sum to be paid by the District of Columbia.Washington and Georgetown R. R. Co. to do its part. the sum of ten thousand dollars,or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, for the purpose of repairing and relaying, where necessary, the pavement on Pennsylvania Avenue from Fifteenth Street to the east side of Rock creek: *Provided,* That a like sum shall be expended for the same purpose by the proper authorities of the District of Columbia: *And provided further,* That the Washington and Georgetown Railroad Company shall in like manner repair such portion thereof as they are by their charter required to do; the work to be done under the supervision of the board of public works for the District of Columbia.
Sec. 18. That to correct an error in the enrollment of the act approved11 MarchPlans and specifications for floating iron dock to be invited by the Secretary of the Navy.1871, ch. 117, § 2.Vol. xvi. p. 534.Payment for plans, &c.Plans not to be adopted until, &c. third, eighteen hundred «nd seventy-one, making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes, the same be amended as follows: In section two strike out all of the section from and including the word “provided,” where it first occurs, and insert in lieu thereof the following:
“And the Secretary of the Navy is authorized to invite, by public advertisement, plans and specifications for such dock, and to award to any person not in the naval service, whose plans may be adopted by the Navy Department, a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars. But no plan shall be adopted until it shall first receive the sanction of a board of not less than five experienced officers, to be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, a majority of whom shall be constructors and engineers, and one of whom shall be an experienced civil engineer; and it shall be the duty of said board to consider al] the plans and specifications laid before it, whether the same were prepared in the Navy Department or by parties competing therewith, and the plans and specifications that shall be adopted shall be opened to the inspection of all persons who desire to become bidders, for at least ninety days before the awarding of said contract.
” ForAssistant observers at naval observatory.1871, ch. 117.Vol. xvi. p. 529. three assistant observers at the Naval Observatory, in addition to the sum appropriated by the “Act making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and for other purposes,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, five hundred dollars. Sec. 19. ThatMarine hospital building at Chicago.Repeal of proviso to act of1870, ch. 56.Vol. xvi. p. 85.No part to be expended until, &c. so much of the proviso in the act making appropriations to supply deficiencies, and so forth, approved April twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as limits the completion of the marine hospital building at Chicago, Illinois, to a sum not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars, is hereby repealed; and it shall be lawful for the proper authorities to expend the money already appropriated for continuing the work upon said building: *Provided,* That no part that no part thereof shall be expended until plans and specifications shall have been completed that will limit the cost of said building to a sum, including all moneys already expended, not exceeding three hundred and fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-four cents.
Sec. 20. ThatMarine hospital building at San Francisco to be sold.Proceeds how to be applied. the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to sell, for the best price in cash that can be obtained, the marine hospital building in the city of San Francisco; and the proceeds of such sale, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be held and reserved as a fund for the erection of a pavilion hospital on some government reservation in or near said city, if Congress shall hereafter so determine.
Sec. 21. ThatDestitute aged persons in the District of Columbia;appropriation how to be distributed. there be appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, twelve thousand dollars for the relief of destitute aged persons in the District of Columbia, such sum to be received and distributed by such officer or association of persons in the District of Columbia as the Secretary of War shall designate, and that a report of the distribution of the money hereby appropriated shall be made to Congress at its next session.
Sec. 22. ThatCondemn clothing, &c. for National Freedmen’s Relief Association. the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to furnish to the National Freedmen’s Relief Association condemned clothing and bedding, if such there be on hand, not needed by the army, not exceeding five thousand dollars in value, for distribution among the destitute aged persons above mentioned. Sec. 23. ThatUse of buildings in Armory Square granted to, if, &c. the use of the buildings in Armory Square occupied by the quartermaster’s department, if not needed for the public service, be granted, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, to the association above mentioned, for the purpose of enabling it still further to relieve the destitute persons above mentioned.
Sec. 24. ThatBuilding for custom-house, &c. at Saint Louis. the provisions in the act entitled “An act making Appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the year ending12 June1870, ch. 292.Vol. xvi. p. 297.See *Post*, p. 44. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes,” for the erection of a public building in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the use of the Custom-house and other civil offices of the government of the United States, shall be extended and made available for and during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
Sec. 25. ThatSalary of consul at Matamoras established. the salary of the consul at Matamoras, Mexico, be established at two thousand dollars per annum for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred atid seventy-one, and thereafter. ThatDeputy assistant treasurer in New York city. there be paid to the deputy assistant treasurer in the office of the assistant treasurer in the city of New York the sum of six hundred dollars, the same being a deficiency in his compensation for the present fiscal year.
Sec. 26. ThatIncreased compensation to assistant marshals. there be, and is hereby, appropriated, for increased compensation to assistant marshals in taking the census of eighteen hundred and seventy, the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Sec. 27. ThatLife-saving stations on the coast of New Jersey and Long Island.1854, ch. 1.Vol. x. p. 597.Experienced surfmen. for the purpose of more effectually securing life and property on the coast of New Jersey and Long Island for the fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of the “Act for the better preservation of life and property from vessels shipwrecked on the coast of the United States,” approved December fourteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, and that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized to employ crews of experienced surfmen at such stations and for such periods as he may deem necessary and proper, and at such compensation as he may deem reasonable, not to exceed forty dollars per month for each person to be employed.
ThatAct of 1871, ch 116, § 2, Vol. xvi. p. 624, not to give jurisdiction over certain claims to the commissioners of claims.Vol. xiv. pp. 360, 370.Vol. xvi. p. 368.Vol. xvi. p. 600. the jurisdiction conferred by the joint resolution of June eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in regard to claims from the counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, in the State of West Virginia, and by the joint resolution of July twenty-eight, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, in regard to claims from the State of Tennessee, and by the joint resolution of December twenty-three, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, as amended by *by* the act of March three, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, in regard to steamboats and other vessels, shall not be withdrawn or impaired by any construction of the law creating commissioners of claims to examine claims arising in States proclaimed to be in insurrection, and the jurisdiction upon all claims presented by loyal citizens from said State of Tennessee, and from said counties of Berkeley and Jefferson, to the proper department before the third of March, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, shall remain as before the passage of said act creating said commissioners of claims.
ForCovering steam-pipes in the Capitol. covering the steam-pipes in the Capitol with fire-proof non-conducting felting, eight thousand dollars. Sec. 28. ThatLegislative assembly of Wyoming Territory. there be, and is hereby, appropriated, to pay expenses of the legislative assembly of Wyoming Territory, convened October, an-no Domini eighteen hundred and seventy, and for printing journals of said assembly, and incidental expenses of the office of secretary for the year eighteen hundred and seventy, the sum of four thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 29. ThatPayment to John Thompson Mason for disbursement of light-house fund, &c. three thousand dollars is appropriated, out of which such sum shall be paid to John Thompson Mason, late collector of the port of Baltimore, for services rendered in the disbursement of the light-house fund, and for services performed for light-house purposes outside the limits of his collection district,such sum as the Secretary of the Treasury may find legally due and owing to said party on an adjustment of his accounts by the Treasury Department.
Sec. 30. ThatAct providing for an additional meeting of Congress repealed.1867, ch. 10.Vol. xiv. p. 378. the act approved January the twenty-second, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, entitled “An act to fix the times for the regular meetings of Congress,” be, and the same is hereby, repealed after the adjournment of the present session of Congress. Approved, April 20, 1871.