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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 21 STAT. · June 16, 1880 · Chapter 234

Chapter 234. making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for prior years, and for those certified as duo by the accounting-officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eig

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CHAP. 234.— An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for prior years, and for those certified as duo by the accounting-officers of the Treasury in accordance with section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, heretofore paid from permanent appropriations, and for other purposes.June 16, 1880. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriations, 1880 and prior years.
That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter stated, namely: EXECUTIVE OEEICE. For contingent expenses of the executive office, including stationeryContingent expenses of Executive Office.Mrs. Bettie Taylor Dandridge, Miss Sarah Knox Wood, daughter and granddaughter of the late President, General Zachary Taylor.*Proviso*. therefor, one thousand dollars. That the Secretary of the Treasury payment of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to Mrs.
Bettie Taylor Dandridge and Miss Sarah Knox Wood, daughter and granddaughter of General Zachary Taylor, late President oi the United States, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided always*, That any sum of money which shall have been paid to President Taylor or to the personal Representatives of the said Zachary Taylor since bis death, on account of his salary as President of the United States for the year from March fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, shall be deducted from the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Botanic Garden.—For extra labor on the grounds, putting up seeds,Botanic Garden.Putting up seeds, labor, and labels. and printing labels, eight hundred and fifty dollars. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. For completing the preparation, with the necessary illustrations, ofReport of Doctor Emil Bessels, on Arctic expedition. the report of Doctor Emil Bessels, of the scientific results of the Arctic 239 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 234. 1880. expedition under the late Captain C.
F. Hall, to be expended under the control of the Smithsonian Institution, eight thousand dollars. STATE DEPARTMENT.State Department. To enable the Secretary of State to provide for the expenses of theInter national Exhibition at Melbourne, Australia. International Exhibition on the part of the United States Government at Melbeurne, Australia, in addition to the sum already appropriated for said purpose, eight thousand dollars. For extra clerk hire and copying, two thousand dollars.Extra clerk hire and copying.Revised consular regulations by A.
B. Wood. To enable the Secretary of State to purchase the manuscript of the revised Consular Regulations prepared by A. B. Wood, Chief of the Consular Bureau in the Department of State, and-approved by the Secretary of State, for such sum, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as shall seem to him a fair price for the work; and to use for the payment of such purchase the appropriation already made by the act of Congress of January twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, tor the expenses of editing 1879, ch. 28.[Stat., 20, 274](/us/stat/20/274).Colonel R.
C. Morgan.Reimbursement.and revising the Consular Regulations. To pay Colonel R. C. Morgan, disbursing-clerk, Department of State, for postage paid by him on Congressional Records during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, nine dollars and sixty-eight cents. foreign intercourse. To adjust accounts under the appropriations for salaries, consularSalaries for consular service.Year 1879. service, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eleven thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and thirty-four cents.
For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents. To adjust accounts under the appropriations for contingent expenses Contingent expenses of consulates.Year 1879.of consulates, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-eight cents. For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, fourteen thousand and seventy-six dollars and ninety-one cents.
To pay drafts drawn on the Secretary of State by consular officers on Drafts.account’of contingent expenses of consulates, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, three thousand six hundred and forty dollars and seventy-eight cents. To refund to W. M. Patterson, managing owner of the AmericanW. M. Patterson, refund of wages collected. schooner Jefferson Borden, the amount of wages and extra wages erroneously collected from said vessel by the collector of customs at Boston, October eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and covered into the Treasury April sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. independent treasury.Independent Treasury.Checks, checkbooks, &c. For checks and check books for disbursing-officers and others, and certificates of deposit for offices of the Treasurer and assistant treasurer and designated depositaries, six thousand dollars. To reimburse the Treasurer of the United States for loss on recoinageTreasurer at San Francisco, Cal., reimbursement for 1876. of silver coin at the mint at San Francisco, California, being on account of the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, ninety dollars and ninety-four cents.
To reimburse the Treasurer of the United States for loss on worn andTreasurer at Philadelphia, reimbursement for 1880. uncurrent coins recoined at the mint of the United States at Philadelphia in July, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, being a deficiency for the 240 fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, four hundred and ninety-nine dollars and forty-nine cents. To adjust the account of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing forBureau of Engraving and Printing,Account adjusted for 1879. printing disbursing-officers’ checks on account of the appropriation for cheeks and certificates of deposit for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents. mints and assay-offices.
For fitting up an assay-laboratory in the office of the Director of theAssay-laboratory in office of Director of Mint.1877, ch. 102, Stat., 19, 306.Reappropriation.Philadelphia Mint.Wages, 1880.Contingent expenses.New Orleans Mint.Wages, 1880.Charlotte, N. C., assay-office.Labor and incidental expenses, 1880.Helena, Mont., assay-office.Transportation of stationery, 1878.South Farallon Island, Cal., fog-signal. Mint, the balance of the appropriation made for this object by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, being four hundred and eighty dollars and fifty cents, is hereby reappropriated.
United States Mint, Philadelphia.—For wages of workmen and adjusters, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, fifteen thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, fifteen thousand dollars. United States Mint, New Orleans.—For wages of workmen and adjusters, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand dollars. Assay-office, Charlotte, North Carolina.—For labor and incidental expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five hundred dollar’s.
Assay-office, Helena, Montana.—For transportation of stationery, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, ten dollars and ninety-three cents. Light-Houses, Beacons, and Fog-Signals.—For completion of the first-class fog-signal at the light-station on South Farallon Island, California, before the beginning of the foggy season, seven thousand dollars. For the completion of the steamer for fight-house service on the MississippiSteamer for lighthouse service on Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.Post-office building at Chicago, Ill. and Ohio Rivers, authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, fifteen thousand dollars.
Public Buildings.—For the completion of the customhouse, courthouse, and post-office building, and approaches, at Chicago, Illinois, including steps, grading, sidewalks, and paving, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. territorial governments. Montana: For legislative expenses for extraordinary session eleventhExpenses of Territorial governments.Montana. legislative assembly, convened by Governor B. F. Potts, in proclamation dated June fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, with approval of the President of the United States, as follows:
For salaries, mileage, incidental expenses, and printing, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, eight thousand six hundred and forty dollars and thirty-one cents. For legislative expenses, namely: For the compensation and mileage of the members of the legislative assembly, officers and clerks, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, for the New Mexico.Utah.Washington.Wyoming.following Territories, namely: For New Mexico, four thousand eight hundred dollars; for Utah, four thousand eight hundred dollars; for Washington, four thousand eight hundred dollars; and for Wyoming, a balance of compensation due the members of the sixth legislative assembly, three thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. 241 internal revenue.
For additional amount to pay salaries and expenses of collectors ofSalaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue.Other officers of internal revenue. internal revenue, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, twenty-five thousand dollars. For additional amount to pay salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses of gaugers, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
For dies, paper, and stamps, being a deficiency for the fiscal yearDies, paper, and stamps. eighteen hundred and eighty, fifty-one thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and ten cents. life saving service. For fuel for life-saving and lifeboat stations, and houses of refuge;Life-saving service. repairs and outfits for the same; supplies and provisions for houses of refuge and for shipwrecked persons succored at stations; traveling expenses of officers under orders from the Treasury Department; and contingent expenses, including freight, storage, repairs to apparatus, medals, labor, stationery, advertising, and miscellaneous expenses that cannot be included under any other head of life-saving stations on the coasts of the United States, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand dollars. miscellaneous.
For general repairs of all public buildings under control of the Treasury Alterations and general repairs of buildings under Treasury Department.Passenger elevators, N. Y. post-office.Department, and for alterations, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, ten thousand dollars. For two new passenger-elevators and for repairs to the old elevators in the building for United States courthouse and post-office, New York City, fifteen thousand dollars. To pay the balance due to E.
T. Fox, late collector of customs, on settlement E.T. Fox.of his account under the appropriation for repairs and preservation of public buildings, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, three dollars and sixty-nine cents. To pay the amount found due Ulrich Pothoff for labor and materialUlrich Pothoff. furnished the United States marine hospital at Saint Louis, Missouri, in May, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, being a deficiency for the year eighteen hundred and seventy eight, twenty-four dollars.
For repairs of heating, hoisting, and ventilating apparatus for all Heating, hoisting, arid ventilating apparatus.public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand dollars. For repairs of vaults, safes, and locks tor all public buildings underRepairs vaults, safes, and locks. control of the Treasury Department, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, one thousand dollars.
For fuel, light, water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitorsMiscellaneous items for buildings under Treasury Department, and firemen in the proper care of the buildings, furniture, and heating apparatus, such as brooms, mops, brushes, buckets, wheelbarrows, shovels, saws, hatchets, and hammers, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, being a. deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, fifteen thousand dollars. For furniture and repairs of furniture, and carpets for all public buildingsFurniture and repairs, carpets, &c, under the control of the Treasury Department, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, eleven thousand five hundred dollars.
For expenses of detecting and bringing to trial and punishment personsDetection of counterfeit notes, &c. engaged in counterfeiting Treasury notes, bends, national-bank 242 notes, and other securities of the United States, as well as the coins of the United States, and other crimes against the government, and for no other purpose whatever, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred’ and eighty, five thousand dollars. For arranging and binding canceled marine papers, requisitions, and Arranging and binding canceled marine papers, &c.other important records, sealing ships’ registers, for foreign postage, newspapers, books, and hand stamps, and repairs of the same, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand dollars.
For coal, wood, grates, grate baskets and fixtures, stoves and fixtures, Coal, wood, &c.blowers, coal-hods, hearths, shovels, tongs, pokers, matches and match-safes for the Treasury Department, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. For ice, ice-buckets, file-holders, book-rests, labor, clocks and repairsIce, &c. of the same for the Treasury Department, one thousand two hundred dollars. For printing and binding for the Treasury Department for the currentPrinting and binding.Gas, drop-lights, &c. fiscal year, seven thousand dollars.
For gas, drop-lights and tubing, gas-burners, brackets, and globes, candles, lanterns, and wicks, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand dollars. For desks, tables, and chairs, and shelving for file rooms and cases, repairsDesks, tables, &c. of furniture, boxes, rugs, chair covers and caning, cushions, cloth for covering desks, locks, screws, handsaws, turpentine, and varnish, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand dollars.
For washing towels, brooms, brushes, crash, cotton, cloth, cane, chamois-skins,Washing towels, &c. dusters, flour, keys, lye, matches, nails, oil, pow ders, sponge, soap, tacks, wallpaper, and the other miscellaneous expenses required for the current and ordinary business of the department, and for repairs of machinery, baskets, spittoons, files, water-coolers, tumblers, ice-picks, bewls and pitchers, traps, thermometers, ventilators, towels, awnings and fixtures, alcohol, window-shades and fixtures, wire screens, hemming towels, axes, bellows, chisels, canvas, candlesticks, door and window fasteners, bells and bell-pulls, hammers, mallets, leather, gum and other belting, stencil-plates, tools, whetstones, wire, and zine, and other absolutely necessary expenses, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand dollars.
For the repayment to importers the excess of deposits for unascertained duties,Repayment to importers excess of deposits, &c. or duties or other moneys paid under protest, including interest and costs in judgment cases, three hundred thousand dollars, which sum is hereby made available fbr the payment of all claims to which the appropriation is applicable which are not payable Horn theR. S. 3689.*Proviso*. permanent annual appropriation provided for in section thirty-six hundred and eighty-nine, Revised Statutes: *Provided*, That no portion of this appropriation shall be expended for the payment of claims known as “charges and commissions cases”.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to provide more secure and if need be additionalVault room for coin and bullion. vault room for coin and bullion, twenty thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to pay judgments in “chargesJudgments in “charges and commissions cases.” and commissions cases”, obtained since January, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and which may be hereafter obtained, or to settle any of said cases, in his discretion, by compromise, seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
That the unexpended balance of the appropriation of thirty thousand dollars “for the payment of debentures or drawbacks, beunties,Unexpended balance “ tor the payment of debentures,” &c.1878, ch. 191,Stat. 20, 128, reappropriated. and allowances which are or may be authorized and payable according to laws authorizing them”, made in the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (Statutes, volume twenty, page one hundred and twenty-eight), is hereby reappropriated and made available for the payment of all claims to which the appropriation is applicable, which 243 are not payable from the permanent annual appropriation provided for in section thirty-six hundred and eighty-nine of the Revised Statutes.R.
S. 3089.Senate Res. 1877Oct. 16, and 1879, Jan. 16. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the resolutions of the Senate of October sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in preparing Statement of appropriations and expenditures.for publication consolidated statements of the appropriations and expenditures of the War Department from Match fourth, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, and of the Indian Department from July sixteenth, seventeen hundred and ninety, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for the work, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, pertaining generally to the preparation for publication of the receipts and expenditures and appropriations of the government, for the use of Congress and the several departments, to be immediately available, five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the tenth installmentTenth installment of the State of Connecticut,1861, ch. 21,Stat., 12, 276. due the State of Connecticut for expenses incurred during the late war, under the act of July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, duly confirmed by the accounting-officers of the government, eight thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and six cents. To pay Peter Bruin, assistant keeper of the South Fox Island light-station,Peter Bruin, wages.
Michigan, wages from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to May twenty seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, three hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty-two cents. To pay Andrew D, and Jared It. Cook, of Meriden, Connecticut, forAndrew D. and Jared R. Cook, balance due. balance due for work on Bullock Point light-station in eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, one hundred and forty-six dollar’s and forty cents. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay for maintaining lightsOhio River, maintaining lights and buoys.1878, ch. 359,Stat., 20, 214. and buoys on the Ohio River from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, to the eleventh day of November, eighteen bundled and seventy-four, the sum of seven thousand eight hundred and two dollars and ninety-eight cents; the same being unexpended balance of appropriation made for same purpose in sundry civil appropriation act approved June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
To pay the sums due to collectors of customs for commissions, at two Two and one-half per centum commissions to collectors of customs.and one-half per centum on disbursements made by them in their capacity as superintendents of lights during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-five, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, thirty-one thousand five hundred and seveutyfour dollars and ninety-six cents.
To adjust the accounts of certain disbursing-officers of the government,Accounts of Disbursing-officers. as follows: That the proper accounting-officers of the Treasury Department are hereby directed, without involving the payment of any money from the Treasury, to credit Bushrod Birch, disbursing-clerk, with the sum of one hundred andBushrod Birch. six dollars and sixteen cents in his account for expenditures under the appropriation for “life saving service, contingent expenses”, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy eight;
Lieutenant-Colonel R. S. Williamson, lighthouse engineer, with the sum of seven thousand one hundredLieut. Col. R. S. Williamson. and sixty one dollars and fifty-five cents in his account for expenditures under the appropriation for “repairs of lighthouses”, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; S. D. Ames, lighthouse inspector, with the sum of four hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty-one cents in his account for expenditures under the appropriation for “expenses of light-vessels”, for the fiscalS.
D. Amos, Light-house inspector, year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; and C. A. Arthur, late collector of customs, with the sum of two hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-four cents, in his account for expenditures under the appropriation for “repairs andC. A. Arthur, late collector of customs. preservation of public buildings”, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; being the amounts of certain vouchers filed by them, but remaining unadjusted because said appropriations are exhausted. 244 To pay James G.
Blunt for Army supplies furnished in eighteen hundredJames G. Blunt, Army supplies. and sixty-two and eighteen hundred and sixty-three, two hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-five cents, being claim number forty-four thousand nine hundred and sixty two, in House Executive document number thirty, Forty-fifth Congress, third session. To pay Caroline Grayson for wood furnished in eighteen hundred and Caroline Gray-son.sixty-four, one hundred and thirty-five dollars, being claim number thirty-eight thousand six hundred and eighty-three, in House Executive Document number thirty, Forty-fifth Congress, third session.
To pay William L. Sergeant for wood furnished in eighteen hundred and sixty-five, six hundredWilliam L. Sergeant. and eleven dollars, being claim number forty-five thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in House Executive document number thirty, Forty fifth Congress third session. That the sum of twenty-four dollars and sixty cents be reappropriated from the lapsed appropriations “for compensation and expenses of agents of the Southern Claims Commission”, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to settle Isaac P.
Baldwin.the account of Isaac P. Baldwin, of Manassas, Virginia. WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. engineer’s office. For the preparation and completion under the direction of the secretary Maps and illustrations surveys west of one hundredth meridian.of War, of reports and maps and such other illustrations as may be necessary in completing the work of the geographical and topographical survey of the territory of the United States west of the one hundredth meridian, including cost of engraving and printing, thirty *Proviso*.thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the above sum shall be so applied as to close the work. quartermaster’s department.Quartermaster’s Department.Certified accounts, Army expenses.
For payment of accounts certified to be due by the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department for incidental expenses of the Army, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, twenty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-two cents. For contingent expenses of the portion of the State, War, and NavyContingent expenses of the State, War, and Navy Dept, building.Alonzo A. Noon. Departments building two thousand dollars, tor the current fiscal year.
For the payment of Alonzo A. Noon for improvements embraced in the military reservation at Fort Cameron, Utah Territory, as awarded by a beard of military officers, one thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. For detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons guiltyViolations of the internal-revenue laws. of violating the internal-revenue laws, or conniving in such crime, including payments for information and detection, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, seven thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents. military academy.
For payment-of accounts certified to be due by the accounting-officersAccounts certified due for pay of professors of the Military Academy year 1878. of the Treasury Department for pay of professors of the Military Academy, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, five hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty’ cents. For payment of accounts certified to lie duo b.v the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department for the. pay of a professor of the Military Academy, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-nine cents. 245 For pay of commandant of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition toCommandant, of cadets (lieutenant-colonel), in addition. pay as captain in the line, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, five hundred dollars. miscellaneous.
That the proper accounting-officers of the Treasury Department areLieut. Col. T. L. Casey, Corps of Engineers. hereby directed, without involving the payment of any money from the Treasury, to credit Lieutenant-Colonel T. L. Casey, Corps of Engineers, in his accounts for expenditures under the appropriations for improvement and care of public grounds”, and “repairs, fuel, Executive Mansion”, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, with the sum of one thousand eight hundred and twenty dollars and five cents, being the amount of certain vouchers filed by him, but remaining unadjusted because said appropriations are exhausted.
For contingent expenses of the office of the Adjutant-General in theOffice of the Adjutant-General in the old Navy Department building. old Navy Department building, five hundred dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT. To enable the Secretary of the Navy to make payment under contract Colossal statue of Admiral Farragut.for the final installment due for the execution of the colossal statue of Admiral Farragut, ten thousand dollars. For transportation of officers of the Marine Corps, two thousand dollars.Items.
To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay for water furnished the Marine Barracks at Brooklyn, New York, for six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred and seven dollars and thirty-one cents. For the contingent expenses of the portion of the State, War, and Navy Departments building occupied by the Navy Department, for the remainder of the current year, two thousand dollars. That the sum of twenty-two thousand six hundred and ninety-two dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the purchase from T.
C. Basshor and Company of such of their shipT. C. Basshor. knees now in the navy-yard at New York as would have passed the usual inspection at the time of their delivery; said ship-knees to be paid for at the schedule prices fixed by the Bureau of Construction and Repair September first, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department.Traveling and incidental expenses.Stationery. Office of the Auditor of Railroad Accounts.—For traveling and incidental expenses of the office, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
Stationery.—For stationery for the Interior Department and its several bureaus, five thousand dollars, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty. For publishing the Biennial Register, two thousand dollars; five hundredBiennial Register. dollars of which shall be additional pay to the compiler of said Register. For the expenses of the commission on the codification of existingCommission on codification of laws relating to the public domain.*Proviso*.Report to be completed Jan. 1, 1881. laws relating to the survey and disposition of the public domain, and for the completion of such codification, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary for that purpose: *Provided, *That said commission shall complete the same and make their final report on all the public lands in the United States on or before January first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
For the salary of Clarence King, Director of Geological Survey, from Clarence King, salary.May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, the date of his appointment as Director, under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, creating the office, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventyuine, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen 246 hundred and seventy-nine, six hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay Mrs.
Mary E. Harrington,Mrs. Mary E. Harrington executrix of late George D. Harrington. executrix of the late George D. Harrington, for bis services as the chief clerk of the Census Bureau from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, at two thousand dollars per annum, three thousand three hundred and three dollars and fourteen cents. To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to continueWorn and defaced official plats of surveys in General Land Office. the reproduction of worn and defaced official plats of surveys, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, twelve thousand dollars.
For balance due for gas service for lighting the Capitol and grounds Gas and lighting Capitol grounds.for the months of May and June, eighteen bundled and seventy-nine, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight dollars and twenty-four cents. For the work of the United States Entomological Commission in the Entontological Commission.Cotton-worm.special investigation of the cotton-worm, being a deficiency for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and eighteen hundred and eighty, four hundred and twelve dollars and forty-six cents.
For the work of the United States Entomological Commission in the special investigation of the Rocky Mountain locust and grasshopper, Locust and grasshopper.being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, six hundred dollars. To adjust the accounts of Cyrus Thomas, disbursing-agent of theCyrus Thomas, accounts credited. commission to report upon the depredations of the Rocky Mountain locusts in the Western States and Territories, the accounting-officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized to credit the disbursing-agent with the sum of four thousand six hundred gnd three dollars 1877, ch. 105,[Stat. 19, 357](/us/stat/19/357).and seventy-five cents, the amount expended by him under the provisions of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven (Statutes at Large, volume nineteen, page three hundred and fifty-seven), prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, the date when the appropriation made by said act became available for expenditure.
To meet a deficiency in the appropriations for the Government HospitalGovernment Hospital for the Insane.One-fourth paid from revenues of the District of Columbia.American Photolithographic Company reimbursed for actual expenses. for the Insane for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, thirteen thousand and seventy-five dollars and eighty-eight cents, of which one-fourth part shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. To pay the American Photolithographic Company, the sum of twothousand dollars is hereby appropriated, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Commissioner of Patents to reimburse said company for the actual expenses it incurred in reproducing copies of drawings in eighteen hundred and sixty-nine and eighteen hundred and seventy, which shall be in full for the actual expenses incurred in *Proviso*.producing certain copies of drawings in those years: *Provided*, The Commissioner of Patents shall find the amount duo for said actual expenses so incurred to amount to that sum after deducting the amount paid on account thereof.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the claim of C. C.C. C. O’Keeffe. O’Keetfe for value of threshing-machine, eight hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the balance due for Rent of Freedman’s building occupied by Court of Claims.rent of that part of the Freedman’s Bank building occupied by the Court of Claims, one hundred and twenty dollars. public-lands service.Public lands. For the settlement of the accounts of receivers of public moneys for expenses incurred1878, ch. 152,Stat., 20, 91,Accounts of receivers. in examination of timber depredations, uuder the act of June third, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for expenses of 247 special agents employed by the General Land Office for the suppression of depredations upon timber on the public lands, fifteen thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For surveying the public lands, as follows:Surveys of public lands.Colorado and Louisiana. For the State of Colorado, eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and seventy-three cents, and for the State of Louisiana, four thousand eight hundred and three dollars anti five cents, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine in appropriations for surveying for public and private lands. For Arizona, three hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-nine cents.Arizona.
For Nevada, thirty-six dollars and ninety-six cents.Nevada.Oregon.Utah. For Oregon, twenty-one dollars and ten cents. For Utah, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy cents. Being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine. For Colorado, two thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and Colorado.sixty cents, being deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine For New Mexico, two hundred and seventy-five dollar’s and eighty-fiveNew Mexico. cents, being deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
For Arizona, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and eighty-one cents.Arizona. For Nevada, one hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty cents.Nevada.New Mexico.Utah. For New Mexico, one hundred and four dollars and eighty-two cents. For Utah, seventy-seven dollars and sixty-five cents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. For Oregon, three hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-fourOregon, timber lands. cents, for surveying timber lands.
For surveyor-general’s office, Arizona: To pay balance due chief clerkSurveyor general’s office, Arizona. in the office of surveyor-general of Arizona during the quarter ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, four hundred and seventy-eight dollar’s and seventeen cents. California: For salaries of clerks and draughtsmen in the office of theCalifornia. surveyor-general of California, four thousand and six dollars and sixty-nine cents; all for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
For balance due Wells, Fargo and Company for rent of premises occupiedColorado, rent to Wells, Fargo & Co. as office of surveyor-general of Colorado during the quarter ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, forty-two dollars and seventy-one cents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. For balance due of contingent expenses of surveyor-general of California,California. four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy-four cents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
For pay of messenger in surveyor-general’s office, Nevada, for June,Nevada. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and stationery and merchandise, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and ten cents; and for balance due for rent, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and thirty-one cents. For balance due messenger in surveyor-general’s office, New Mexico,Now Mexico. during quarter ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, sixty-one dollars and ninety-seven cents; and for balance due messenger in surveyor-general’s office during the quarter ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-two dollars and ninety-five cents. 248 For amount due Central Pacific Railroad Company for transportationCentral Pacific Railroad company, transportation of special agents of General Land Office. furnished special agents General Land Office engaged in making investigations of depredations on public timber, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, one hundred and six dollars.
For amount due Central Pacific Railroad Company for transportation furnished special agents General Land Office while engaged making investigations of depredations on public timber, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, thirty-one dollars. The preceding items under surveying public lands are fully set forthReference to House Ex. Doc. No. 24, 46th Congress.Registers a n d receivers, salaries and commissions. in House Executive Document number twenty-four, Forty-sixth Congress, second session.
For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, fifty-seven thousand nine hundred dollar’s. For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, eight thousand two hundred and nineteen dollars and nine cents. , For depredations on public timber for tire fiscal year eighteen hundredJoseph G.
Hester. and seventy-eight: To pay Joseph G. Hester for advertising, twenty-one dollars. For contingent expenses of local land-offices for the fiscal year eighteenContingent expenses of local and-offices.Daily Post company, advertising.Washington Territory, furniture. hundred and seventy-eight: To pay the Daily Post Company, of Detroit, Michigan, for advertising, seventy-five cents. For replacing furniture in the office of the surveyor-general of Washington Territory, destroyed by the falling of the building in which the office was located, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, three bundled dollars. miscellaneous.
For payment of J. Volney Sweeting, S. R. Rood, and J. C. Thompson,J. Volney Sweeting, S. II. Rood, J. C. Thompson, Eli Stilson, James II. Foster, David M. Green, Miles T. Alverson.1875, ch. 166, Stat., 18, 506,Commissioners.Repairs courthouse building, Dist. of Columbia. eight hundred and ten dollars each, Eli Stilson, James II. Foster, and David M. Green, seven hundred and ten dollars each, and Miles T. Alverson, four hundred and fifty dollars; in all, five thousand and ten dollars, for services rendered by them as commissioners appointed pursuant to an act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventyfive, to appraise damages to lands in the State of Wisconsin, caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.
For repairs to the courthouse building in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. indian bureau.Indian Bureau. That the sum of three hundred thousand dollars is hereby appropriated,Cherokee Nation.Lands in Indian Territory.Destitute Cherokees. to be paid into the treasury of the Cherokee Nation, out of the funds due said nation, for its lands in the Indian Territory west of the Arkansas River, as per estimates of the Secretary of the Interior, and which sum shall be expended, as the acts of the Cherokee legislature direct, to relieve the destitution of the Cherokee people, caused by the failure of the crops during the past season by reason of the drought; this amount to be immediately available.
That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized toAlfred N. Marion. cause to be paid to Alfred N. Marion, in charge of the Tulalip Indian Agency, Washington Territory, from the appropriation and at the rate provided for the salary of agent at said agency, for services from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to the date when he shall be relieved of his duties by his successor in office. 249 POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. For the payment of balances accrued for transporting the mails on Star routes.Star routes, being a deficiency in the postal revenues for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents.
For the payment of balances accrued for transporting the mails onRailroads. railroads, being a deficiency in the postal revenues for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, seventy-five thousand seven hundred dollars and seventy-nine cents. For ordinary postage-stamps to prepay postage on matter addressedPostage to Postal Union countries.Convention, 1878.[Stat., 20, 734](/us/stat/20/734). to Postal Union countries, under article eight of the Universal Postal Union Convention, concluded at Paris, France, June first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, being a deficiency for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and eighteen hundred and eighty, one thousand dollars.
Money-Order Office.—For seven additional clerks, for service inMoney-Order Office.Additional clerks. the Money-Order Office, namely, two of class four, one of class three, one of class two, and three at nine hundred dollars per annum, from April first, eighteen hundred and eighty, until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive, two thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars. Office of the Postmaster-General.—For the preparation andPost-route maps. publication of post-route maps, five thousand dollars.
Office of First Assistant Postmaster-General.—For purchase Balances and scales.Mail-route messengers.Postal-car clerks.Stamped envelopes and wrappers.of letter balances and scales, two thousand five hundred dollars. Office of Second Assistant Postmaster-General.—For mail-route messengers, ten thousand dollars. For postal car clerks, twenty thousand dollars. That the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the appropriation for stamped envelopes and wrappers for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, may be used for the purchase of post-office envelopes required for use during the said fiscal year.
For the publication of additional numbers of the Official Postal Guide,Postal Guide. deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty, one thousand eight hundred dollars. For miscellaneous items, contingent expenses, for the present fiscal Miscellaneous items.Keeping horses, &c.Assistant engineer P. O. Department, additional.year for the Post-Office Department, four thousand dollars. For keeping of horses and repairs of wagons, three hundred dollars. To pay the assistant engineer of the Post-Office Department, additional to his compensation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred dollars.
That the sum of two hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-two cents of the unexpended balances of the appropriations for the Post-Office Department tor the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine is hereby reappropriated and made available for the following purposes, namely: For transportation on1878, ch. 259, re-appropriated.[Stat., 20, 140](/us/stat/20/140). star routes, one hundred and ninety-nine thousand ninety-four dollars and five cents; for letter-carriers, one thousand seven hundred and six dollars and sixty-one cents; for letter-carriers during the month of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-two thousand dollars; for twine, three hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighty-nine cents; for letter-balances, one dollar and twenty-five cents; for mail-route messengers, two hundred and forty-one dollars and thirty-two cents; for official and dead-letter envelopes, four thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and eighty cents; to meet deficiencies for said year.
JUDICIAL. United States Courts.—For defraying the expenses of the SupremeUnited States courts. Court, and of the circuit and district courts of the United States 250 for the deficiencies, as follows: For eighteen hundred and seventy eight,Items. twenty-six thousand dollars; for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, for fees of clerks, United States attorneys, United States commissioners, rent of courtrooms, support of convicts, miscellaneous accounts, requisitions of marshals, and balances due on marshals’ accounts, three hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars; and for eighteen hundred and eighty, for fees of jurors, support of prisoners, miscellaneous expenses of United States courts, and for fees of witnesses, two hundred and fifty *Proviso*.thousand dollars:
Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in the payment of general or special deputy marshals for sendees rendered at any election. To enable the Attorney-General of the United States to pay for certainBooks. books purchased October, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for use of the circuit and district courts held at Frankfort, Kentucky, five hundred and five dollars and fifty cents. For the payment of the fees and expenses of United States marshals Marshals.and their general deputies, earned during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, six hundred thousand dollars:
Provided, *Proviso*.That no part of this appropriation shall be used in the payment of general or special deputy marshals for services rendered at any election. To pay James Flynn, attorney for Benjamin N. Disbrow, being amountJames Flynn, attorney for Benjamin N. Disbrow, guardian ad litem heirs of Charles J. Fox.M. Sparks, on estate of F. J. Neuber. of judgments awarded said Disbrow for costs as guardian ad litem in a suit of the United States versus heirs of Charles Fox, four thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and sixty-three cents.
To pay M. Sparks, administrator on the estate of F. J. Neuber, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, for rent of chambers for the United States districtjudge from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, to April thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, four hundred and fifty dollars. For defraying the expenses of the Territorial courts in Utah for the Utah, expenses territorial courts.Texas, attorney.current year, six thousand dollars. To pay the salary of the United States attorney for the northern district of Texas, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred dollars.
To pay the salary of the United States marshal for the northern district of TexasMarshal. for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred dollars. To pay the United States marshal of Idaho for salary due him from June eighthIdaho, marshal. to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, twelve dollars and sixty-three cents. For payment to the heirs of William Selden, late UnitedHeirs of William Selden.*Proviso*.
States marshal for the District of Columbia, the sum of one thousand one hundred and twenty-three dollars and twenty-eight cents: *Provided*, That the same shall be found due on adjustment of said William Selden’s accounts by the accounting-officers of the Treasury, which is hereby authorized, so as to include his full official term. To pay James F. Fagan, late marshal of the western district of Arkansas,*James* F. Fagan. two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and twenty-seven cents, the amount found to be due him as such marshal at a trial had in the United States district court, western district of Arkansas, at the July term thereof, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, in a suit by the United States on his official bend as such marshal.
To pay A. G. Sharp, late jailer of Fayette Comity, Kentucky, for supportA. G. Sharp. of United States prisoners from November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to May sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, ninety-two dollars and eighty-five cents. SENATE.Senate. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Lewis Winters the perLewis Winters. diem of a folder in the folding-room of the Senate for the mouth of April, 251 eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, so as to include him in the provisions of the joint resolution, approved June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred1879, Res. 13,Sess. 1, 53. and seventy-nine, “fixing the date on which the pay of committee clerks, pages, and laborers of the House of Representatives, who are paid during the session only, shall begin for this session, and for other purposes”, ninety dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay C. Gautier for servicesC. Gautier. rendered before taking the oath, from April twenty-eighth to May twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, forty-nine dollars and forty-five cents. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the salary of the assistantAssistant-librarian. librarian of the Senate from June tenth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, inclusive, at one thousand four hundred and forty dollar’s per annum, eighty-three dollars and eight cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay John P. Ringgold forJohn P. Ringgold. services as clerk in folding-room from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, four hundred and eighty dollars, this amount being the difference between the pay of clerk and that of laborer received by him. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Thomas C. Quantrell,Thomas C. Quautrell.1879, Res. 13,Sess. 1,53. under the provisions of the joint resolution, approved June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, providing one month’s extra pay to discharged employees of the Senate, one hundred and twenty dollars, and fifty-six dollars for fourteen days’ Services as messenger to the Senate from March sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to the messenger in his Messenger in the office of Secretary.office the difference between his present pay and that of a messenger of the Senate of the United States from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred and forty-four dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Thomas Neligan the sumThomas Neligan. of three hundred and thirty-six dollars, due him for services rendered the Senate in eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and eighteen hundred and eighty’, to June thirtieth.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay S. B. Pennebaker for servicesS. B. Ponnebaker. as page in the Senate from December second, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, to April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, one hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty cents, it being the difference of pay received by him and that received by the regular pages of the Senate. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay James N. Fitzpatrick and Frank C. Harris, under James N.
Fitzpatrick.1879, Res. 13,Sess. 1,53.the provisions of the joint resolution approved June twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, providing one month’s extra compensation to discharged employees of the Senate, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and one hundred and twenty dollars respectively. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Maurice F. Pilgrim for services as messenger ofMaurice F. Pilgrim. the Senate from December sixteenth to December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, being for the time between his appointment and the date of his taking the oath, twenty dollars.
To pay J. J. Noah for thirty-one days’ clerical services rendered the Senate CommitteeJ. J. Noah. on Military Affairs, first session Forty-sixth Congress, being from March eighteenth to April eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, at six dollars per day, one hundred and eighty-six dollars. To pay Chester R. Faulkner for services as messenger from the first day of April, eighteenChester R. Faulkner. hundred and seventy-nine, to the second day of July, of same year, three hundred and sixty dollars. 252 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Represetatives.Furniture.
For furniture and repairs of same, one thousand five hundred dollars. For materials for folding, three thousand dollars. To pay James M. Hall, laborer in House water-closet, from November, James M. Hall.second, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, until April fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, at sixty dollars per month, three hundred dollars. To pay John D. O’Connor for reporting and transcribing testimonyJohn D. O’Connor. taken before the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the mutter of the charges against J.
II. Acklen, referred to said committee for investigation by the House, eighty dollars. To pay James Reily, administrator upon the estate of J. M. Tomeny,James Roily, administrator of estate of J. M. Tomeny. amount due said Tomeny as witness before the Committee on expenditures in the Treasury Department, in April and May, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, ninety dollars. For stationery for members of the Senate and House of Representatives Stationery.for the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress, forty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
To pay J. B. Holloway, clerk to Committee on Reform in the Civil J. B. Holloway.Service, Forty-fifth Congress, for sixty-eight days, at six dollars per day, four hundred and eight dollars. To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay the claims hereinaf ter named: To pay John N. Reed, one thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars John N. Reed.and seventy-seven cents. To pay A. D. Anderson, five hundred and thirty-four dollars.A. D. Anderson.John A. Dugan.E. T. Keightley.
To pay John A. Dugan, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars. To pay E. T. Keightley one hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. To pay George T. Rogers, one hundred and eighty dollars.George T. Rogers.Benjandn P. Gaines.Charles Ford.G. V. Hebb. To pay Benjandn P. Gaines, ninety dollars. To pay Charles Ford, eighty-seven dollars. To pay G. V. Hebb, fifty-five dollars; the aforesaid sums being foi services rendered during the Forty-fifth Congress. To enable the Clerk of the House to pay the telegraph operator of the HouseIsaac R.
Hill. for the current fiscal year, one hundred dollars; and to pay Isaac R. Hill, for services as a messenger to the House, of Representatives during the first session of the Forty-sixth Congress, one hundred and fifty dollars. For rental of telephone and telephonic connections in GovernmentTelephone, Government Printing Office. Printing Office for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. COURT OF CLAIMS For payment of judgments of the United States Court of Claims, oneJudgments in Court of Claims.*Proviso*. hundred and eighty-five thousand eight hundred and. three dollars and fifty-four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, That no judgment shall be paid until the right of appeal has expired.
For the payment of a judgment of the United States circuit court for the district of Connecticut in favor of William II. and George W. MillerAgainst Col. James G. Benton. and against Colonel James G. Benton, United States Army, commanding the Springfield arsenal, eighteen thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and fifty-two cents, for the use of the said Millers’*Proviso*. patent cartridge extractor: *Provided*, That the said Millers, upon the payment of said judgment, deliver in exchange a license to use said patent hereafter, as has been agreed upon between the parties. 253 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia.
For the following deficiencies on account of the government of the District of Columbia: For the health office, two thousand and eighty-four dollars and thirty-four cents; for the removal of garbage, two hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty cents; for salary of sealer of weights and measures, six dollars and sixty-seven cents; for interestInterest. and sinking fund, outstanding coupons upon the city of Washington ten-year six per centum loan under act of Congress approved July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, ninety dollars; for coroner’s juries,1868, ch. 253,[Stat., 15, 226](/us/stat/15/226). seven hundred and forty-eight dollars; to complete the erection of the school building near Staunton square, seven thousand five hundred dollars; for the payment of judgments against the DistrictJudgments. of Columbia, forty thousand dollars; for fire-alarm telegraph operators, two, at two hundred dollars each, four hundred dollars; for judicial expenses, extraordinary expenses on account of Strong versus the district of Columbia, three thousand five hundred dollars, one-half to be paid from the revenues of the District.
SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION. That the sum of eight hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may beSouthern Claims Commission. necessary, is hereby authorized to be transferred from the appropriation for contingent expenses of the Southern Claims Commission, made under act of June twenty first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to be available 1879, eh. 329,[Stat., 20, 205](/us/stat/20/205).for paying the salaries and traveling expenses of the agents of said commission. And the sum of twelve hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated for the payment of a clerk, who may be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, at the rate of one hundred dollars per month, to complete the records of the said commission and care for the same under the supervision of the Treasury Department Sec. 2.
For the payment of claims certified to be due by the severalClaims certified to be duo by accounting-officers. accounting-officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth,1874, ch. 328,[Stat., 18, 110](/us/stat/18/110).eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,1878, ch. 191,[Stat., 20, 130](/us/stat/20/130). as fully set forth in House Executive Document number twenty-nine, Forty-sixth Congress, second session, and for other items, as follows:
STATE DEPARTMENT.State Department.Contingent expenses, consuls. For contingent expenses of United States consuls for eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars and eighty-six cents. To compensate B. R. Lewis, appointed consular agent in China inB. R. Lewis. eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and to reimburse him for expenses incurred by him while proceeding to and awaiting the opening of the port under the instructions of the Department of State, five hundred and fifty dollars.
For relief and protection of American seamen for eighteen hundredAmerican seamen. and seventy-seven and prior years, one hundred and fifty dollars. TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.Territorial governments.Montana Territory. For legislative expenses of Montana Territory for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, three thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars and ninety-four cents. For contingent expenses of Idaho Territory for eighteen hundred and sixty-six,Idaho Territory. sixty-dollars. 254 INTERNAL REVENUE.Internal revenue.Miscellaneous items.
For the redemption of stamps for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, three thousand four hundred and three dollars and thirty-one (Mints. For allowances and drawbacks for eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents. For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into the Treasury, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and sixty-three cents.
For refunding taxes illegally collected for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, three thousand and twenty-nine dollars and twenty-seven cents. For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue for eighteen hundred and seventy-five and prior years, two thousand one hundred and eighty-six dollars and seventy three cents. For salaries and expenses of supervisors of internal revenue for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-four cents.
For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand and nineteen dollars and eighty-eight cents. For punishment of the violation of the internal-revenue laws for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, nine thousand four hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-eight cents. For transportation of United States securities for the year eighteenTransportation of U. S. securities.Salaries in the office of Third Auditor. hundred and seventy-six, six dollars.
For salaries, office of the Third Auditor, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, two hundred and ten dollars. For the expenses of the national currency for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, one hundred and five dollars and ninety cents. For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, thirty-five dollars and twenty-five cents. For steamboat-inspection service for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, seven hundred and nineteen dollars and fifty-nine cents.
For contingent expenses, mint at Carson City, Nevada, for theMint at Carson City, Nev,Food-fishes. year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, fifteen dollars and forty-two cents. For propagation of food-fishes for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, forty-five dollars. For freight, telegrams, and so forth, Treasury Department, for theFreight, telegrams, &c. year eighteen hundred and seventy-four, one hundred and one dollars and forty cents. For excess of duty paid on deposits, one thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety-two cents.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department.Public-Lands service.Miscellaneous items. public-lands service. For repayments for lands erroneously sold during eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, four thousand seven hundred and forty-nine dollars and eight cents. For surveying the public lands in Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, Surveying.Oregon, Arizona, California, and Louisiana, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, six thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and two cents.
For surveying private land-claims in New Mexico, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six, four hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-three cents. For salaries, office surveyor-general of Nevada, for the year eighteenSalaries. hundred and seventy-seven, four hundred and eighty dollars. 255 For contingent expenses, office surveyor-general of Nevada, sixty-eightContingent expenses. dollar’s and seventy-five cents. For contingent expenses, General Land Office, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five, seventy-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For contingent expenses local land-offices, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and six dollars. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers for the yearSalaries and commissions. eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, two thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and forty-six cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. judicial. For expenses of United States courts for the year eighteen.hundredU. S. courts.Miscellaneous. and seventy-seven and prior years, six thousand one hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-seven cents.
For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand three hundred and forty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department.Collecting the customs revenues.1878, ch. 191,[Stat., 20, 130](/us/stat/20/130).Marine-hospital service. For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs as certified to by the Commissioner of Customs under section four, act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, forty-seven thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and seventy-nine cents.
For repayment to importers, excess of deposits for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, nineteen thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-one cents. For marine-hospital sen-ice for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, five hundred dollars and twenty-seven cents. For expenses of revenue-cutter service, eighteen hundred and seventy-sixRevenue-cutter service. and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, seventy-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents.
For repairs and preservation of public buildings, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, ninety-nine dollars and sixty-four cents. For construction of customhouse and post-office, Cincinnati, Ohio, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, ten dollars and twenty-five cents. For life-saving service, contingent expenses, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, five dollars. For heating apparatus for public buildings, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, sixty-one dollars and sixty cents.
For lighthouse Establishment, eighteen hundred and seventy-six,lighthouse Establishment.For repairs of lighthouses,’ eighteen hundred and seventy-four, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and eighteen hundred and seventy-six, four dollars and twenty-two cents. For supplies of lighthouses, for eighteen hundred and seventy-six, four dollars and fifteen cents. For amount due on erection of customhouse, Norfolk, Virginia, five dollars and seventy-two cents. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, one hundred and eighty-five dollars and seventy-five cents.
For proceeds of seizure, eighteen bundled and sixty-five, seventy-four dollars and sixty-two cents. For debentures and drawbacks, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, Debentures and drawbacks.forty-nine dollars and seventy-four cents. 256 WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. For payment of bounty to volunteers and their legal heirs, as certifiedPayment of bounty to volunteers.1878, ch. 191,[Stat., 20, 130](/us/stat/20/130). by the Second Auditor and the Second Comptroller, under section four, act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and for prior years, ninety-three thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventeen cents.
For pay of two and three year volunteers, as certified by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller, under same section and act, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and for prior years, fortyeight thousand five hundred and sixty-three dollars and fifty-one cents. For pay of the Army for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven andPay of Army. prior years, nine thousand six hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty-five cents. For expenses of recruiting for eighteen hundred and seventy-sevenItems. and prior years, one hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-four cents.
For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers for eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, seventy-nine dollars and twenty-nine cents. For the draft and substitute fund for eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, eight hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-six cents. For ordnance and ordnance stores for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, sixty-six dollars. For allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law, eighteenWages under eight-hour law. hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, one hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-one cents.
For providing for the comfort of sick and discharged soldiers for eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, five dollars and ninety-five cents. For the medical and hospital department for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, one thousand and twenty-nine dollars and forty-six cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. For pay of Indian agents for eighteen hundred and seventy-sevenIndian service and miscellaneous items. and for prior years, four thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-nine cents.
For incidental expenses of the Indian service in Arizona, Colorado, California, Dakota, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, nine hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighteen cents. For contingencies of the Indian Department for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and two cents. For fulfilling treaty with Nisqually, Puyallup, and other tribes and bands for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, ninety-seven dollars and thirteen cents.
For relief of persons for damages sustained by certain bands of Sioux Indians for eighteen hundred and seventytliree and prior years, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. For transportation of the Army during the year eighteen hundredArmy miscellaneous items. and seventy-seven and for prior years, sixty thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-three cents. For regular supplies furnished the Quartermaster’s Department during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, eight thousand and sixty-five dollars and eleven cents. 257 For incidental expenses of the Quartermaster’s Department for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, seven thousand and twenty dollars and seventeen cents.
For barracks and quarters during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, eleven thousand two hundred and six dollars and sixty-eight cents. For horses for the cavalry-and artillery during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, five thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars. For subsistence of the Army during the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for prior years, three thousand three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents.
For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington Oregon and Washington Volunteers.Volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eight thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty-six cents. For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers in the Refunding expenses to Now York, Michigan, Pennsylvania.State of New York, sixty-one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents;
State of Michigan, three hundred and forty-seven dollars and sixty cents; State of Pennsylvania, thirty-nine thousand and five dollars and seventy-eight cents; in al), one hundred and one thousand two hundred and twelve dollars and thirty-three cents. To reimburse the State of Kentucky for expenses incurred on accountKentucky. of her militia forces, fifteen thousand dollars. For horses and other property lost in the military service duringHorses lost, &c. the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for prior years, forty-three thousand eight hundred and seventy eight dollars and sixty cents: *Provided*, That no portion of this*Proviso*. amount shall be paid for the value of the steamer Peerless lost at sea November fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
For commutation of rations to soldiers while held as prisoners of war,Commutation of rations. eight thousand two hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents, being for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, including pay of volunteers for eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, twenty-two dollars and twenty-five cents. For Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands for eighteen hundredItems. and seventy-seven, and prior years, one dollar.
For transportation of officers’ baggage for same period, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-eight cents. For clothing for the Army for same period, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, four dollars and fifteen cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department.Army pensions, year 1877. For the payment of Army pensions for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for prior years, one thousand two hundred and ninety dollars and fifty-nine cents.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department.Miscellaneous. For pay of the Navy for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty-five cents. For the relief of the widows and orphans of the officers, seamen, and marines of the United States steamer Levant, lost at sea, two hundred and forty dollars, being a deficiency for the years eighteen hundred and sixty and eighteen hundred and sixty-one. For pay of the Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, one hundred and nine dollars and ninety-eight cents.
For indemnity for lost clothing for the year eighteen hundred and 258 sixty-five and for prior years, one thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-two cents. For bounty to seamen for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-five and prior years, three thousand eight hundred and nine dollars and seventeen cents. For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-four and for prior years, one thousand and seventy-two dollars and sixty-nine cents.
For contingent expenses of the Marine Corps for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and for prior years, eight hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents. For ordnance and ordnance stores, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five and prior years, thirty-seven dollars and fifty-three cents. For steam-machinery for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five and for prior years, forty-five dollars and eighty-one cents. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety cents.
For expenses of the Naval Observatory for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six and for prior years, four hundred and sixteen dollars and eighty-eight cents. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for prior years, twenty-two dollars and eighty-two cents. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Provisions and Clothing for the year-eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and for prior years, five thousand two hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-five cents.
For general maintenance of Yards and Docks for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-three and eighteen hundred and seventy-four, thirty seven dollars and thirty-seven cents. For the contingent expenses of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery for the year’s eighteen hundred and seventy-four and eighteen hundred and seventy-five, twenty-two dollars and eighty-two cents. For the contingent expenses of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting for the years eighteen hundred and seventy-six and eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, thirty-seven dollars.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department.Deficiency tn revenues.*Proviso*. For deficiency in the postal revenues for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and for prior years, ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars, and twenty cents: *Provided*, That the claims of the Southern Steamship Company for four thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, of Charles Morgan for two thousand and ninety-four dollars and seventeen cents, of C.
B. Payne for seven thousand five hundred dollars, of the Memphis and New Orleans Steam Packet Company for three thousand five hundred and thirty-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents, and of John D. Adams for two thousand two hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-one cents, included in the schedule upon which this appropriation is made, shall not be paid:*Proviso*. *Provided further*, That no part of this sum shall be paid for the claim of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Sec. 3.
That there shall be, and is hereby, appropriated for the reliefWidows and children of surf-men who perished at Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron. of the widows and children of the surfmen who recently perished at Point Aux Barques, Lake Huron, under orders of the Life-Saving service, in the effort to save life and property, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be distributed under the direction of the Secretary’ of the Treasury in equal portions between the widows aforesaid and the children under sixteen years of age.
Approved, June 16, 1880.
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