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CHAP. 141.— An act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for prior years, and for those certified as due 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. March 3, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Deficiency appropriations, 1883, for prior years, and under section four, act June 14, 1878.
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; FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 141. 1883. 583 To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen1883. hundred and eighty-three, as follows: CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.Civil service commission.Compensation. For three commissioners, at the rate of three thousand five hundred dollars each per annum; one chief examiner, at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum; one secretary, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; one stenographer, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum; and one messenger, at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum; in all, five thousand eight hundred and fourteen dollars and eighty cents.
For necessary traveling expenses, incidental expenses, and additionalTraveling expenses. compensation to officers detailed as examiners, seven thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to comply with the requirementsRent of rooms etc. of section four of the act approved January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, entitled “An act to regulate and improve the civil service of the United States,” five thousand dollars, and a sufficient amount of said sum is appropriated to pay for the rent of suitable and convenient rooms for carrying on the work of the commission authorized by said act, in case such rooms cannot be assigned to said commission in any of the public buildings at Washington City.
To defray the expenses of the French and American Claims Commission:French and American Claims Commission. For salaries, compensation and contingent expenses, to enable the government to fulfill its treaty obligations to France, as well as to enable the counsel for the United States to take the testimony needed for defending the government against unjust claims, twenty-five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of State to pay Mrs. Caroline C. Marsh,Caroline C Marsh, payment to. widow of the late George P.
Marsh, minister of the United States to Italy, the balance of one year’s salary, said year to be reckoned from June twenty-third, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-two; and to enable said Secretary to pay the necessary expenses of the funeralPayment of expenses of funeral and burial of George P. Marsh, etc. and burial of the late Mr. Marsh, and of erecting a suitable stone at his grave in Rome, twelve thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
To enable the Secretary of State to pay E. J. Mallet, of New York,E. J. Mallet, payment to. late consul general to Italy, his unpaid salary for the two years he served as such consul-general, six thousand dollars; and to enable said Secretary to reimburse the official expenses of said consul-general, the sum of three thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided,* That the Secretary of State shall, on examination, find this*Proviso*. sum or any part thereof is legally due.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department.Transfer of appropriations. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriations for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, investigation of accounts and traveling expenses, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, and “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, ice, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two” a sum not exceeding four hundred and fifty dollars, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three.
” To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, gas, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” so much as may be required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, ice, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” not exceeding the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, gas, and so 584 forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” so much as may be required to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, fuel, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three”, not exceeding the sum of two thousand dollars.
Expenses of national currency.For expenses of national currency: Paper, engraving, printing, express charges, and other expenses, twenty-five thousand dollars. Payments of assessments, etc., to city of Des Moines, Iowa.For payment of assessments to city of Des Moines, Iowa, upon streets adjacent to the United States courthouse and post-office building in said city, as audited at the Treasury Department, two thousand and eighty-seven dollars and thirty cents. Transfer, etc., of the Philadelphia collection.To complete the transfer and preparation of the Philadelphia collections presented to the United States at the close of the Permanent International Exhibition in Philadelphia, including necessary expenses already incurred, four thousand one hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-two cents.
WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. Military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.For support of the military prison, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: For purchase of subsistence stores for seventy-five prisoners, three thousand eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and fifty cents; For subsistence stores, oil, wicking, and tobacco, two thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars; For medical supplies, two hundred dollars; For donations of five dollars each to prisoners on discharge, one hundred and fifty dollars;
For extra-duty pay to members of the prison guard, seventy one dollars and seventy cents. miscellaneous.Miscellaneous. Items.For fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, War Department building, three thousand five hundred dollars. Title to “Arlington,” Virginia, secured to the United States; appropriation.To enable the Secretary of War to remove all claims and pretensions in respect of the property in the State of Virginia known as Arlington, on which a cemetery for the burial of deceased soldiers of the United States has been established, and which property was taken by the United States for public use in the year anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-four, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but this appropriation shall not be paid out of the Treasury until the Attorney-General shall be satisfied, and so certify to the Secretary of War, that the deed or deeds to be given to the United States to the end aforesaid will convey a complete title and contain covenants of general warranty and covenants against every manner of claim against or in respect of said property, whether in rem or in personam, and also against all and every claim for damages in respect of, or the use and occupation of said property, and also a release by every person entitled of all claim for and to the amount bid, or any part thereof, in behalf of the United States, on the tax sale of said property.
J. C. Burdick, E. M. Wadsworth, C. A. Peck; payment to.[18 Stat., 506](/us/stat/18/506).To enable the Secretary of War to pay to J. C. Burdick eight hundred and twenty dollars, to E. M. Wadsworth eight hundred and twenty dollars, and to O. A. Peck eight hundred and twenty dollars, Commissioners appointed under the authority of an act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An act to aid in the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin,” for services in ascertaining and awarding the amount of damages by reason of the flowage of lands caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin.
NAVY DEPARTMENT. For tuition of two naval cadets at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, nine hundred dollars. 585 For fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, Navy Department building,Fuel, light, etc. two thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its severalStationery. bureaus and offices, thirteen thousand dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producing plates for the OfficialPhotolithographing. Gazette, three thousand dollars.
For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of the weekly issues of drawings of patents, designs, and trademarks, fifteen thousand dollars. public lands service.Public lands service. For compensation of registers and receivers of local land offices,Compensation of registers and receivers. twenty thousand dollars. indian affairs.Indian Affairs. This amount for subsistence and civilization of the Sioux Indians, asSioux. per agreement ratified by act of Congress approved February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two hundred thousand[19 Stat., 254](/us/stat/19/254). dollars.
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to feed aDestitute Pinte and other Indians, Nevada. number of Pinte and other Indians in Nevada, now in a destitute condition, to be available immediately, five thousand dollars. This amount for necessary expenses of transportation, under contract,Transportation of supplies, etc. of goods, provisions, and other articles purchased for various Indian tribes, twenty thousand dollars. And any unexpended balance of appropriationsUnexpended balance reappropriated, etc. for this purpose for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two is hereby reappropriated and made available on account of this service for the current fiscal year.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is hereby authorized to instituteEastern Band of Cherokee Indians authorized to bring suit, etc., in Court of Claims against the United States. a suit in the Court of Claims against the United States to determine the rights of the said band in and to the moneys, stocks and bonds, held by the United States in trust for the Cherokee Indians, arising out of the sales of lands lying west of the Mississippi River, and also in a certain other fund, commonly called the permanent annuity fund, to which suit the Cherokee Nation, commonly called the CherokeeCherokee Nation West made a party defendant.
Nation West, shall be made a party defendant. The said Eastern Band shall within three months after the passage of this act file a petition in said court, verified by the principal chief of said band, setting forth the facts upon which said claim is based. The said Cherokee NationProcedure. West shall within six months after the passage of this act file its answer to said petition, and said cause shall proceed to final determination pursuant to the practice in said court, and such rules or orders as the said court may make in that behalf.
The Secretary of the Interior shall transmit to said court, for theEvidence, etc. consideration of said court, copies duly certified of all records, reports, papers, and other documents on file in the Department of the Interior which he may deem necessary to said cause or which maybe requested by either of the parties hereinbefore referred to, and the said parties, respectively may take and submit to. said court such additional competent testimony as they may desire. And jurisdiction is hereby conferredJurisdiction. upon said court to hear and determine what, if any, interest, legal or equitable, the said Eastern Band has in said moneys, stocks, bonds so held in trust as aforesaid by the United States, and shall enter a decreeDecree. specifically defining the rights and interests of the said Eastern Band therein, and in any moneys hereafter to be derived from sources similar to those out of which the existing fund arose.
When the interest (if any) of the said Eastern Band has been ascertainedPayment of costs and expenses. as aforesaid, the Secretary of the Treasury shall, out of the 586 portion of said fund adjudged to said parties, respectively, pay all the proper costs and expenses of said respective parties of the proceedings herein provided for, each party, except the United States, to be liable for its own costs and expenses, and the. remainder shall be placed to Credit to be given, respectively, under decree of court.credit of the said Eastern Band and of the said Cherokee Nation, in accordance with their respective rights as ascertained by the said judgment and decree of said court.
Counsel for the United States.Right of appeal.Cause to have precedence.In the said proceeding the Attorney-General, or such of his assistants as he may designate, shall appear on behalf of the United States. Either of the parties to said cause may appeal from any judgment rendered by said Court of Claims to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the said courts shall give such cause precedence. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. office of the postmaster-general.
Fuel, etc.For fuel, and for repairs to engine, boilers, and heating apparatus, six thousand dollars. MiscellaneousFor miscellaneous items, three thousand dollars. money-order office.Money-order office. Items.For one watchman and one fireman, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum; one female laborer, at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum; six charwomen, at the rate of one hundred and eighty dollars each per annum; in all nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, payable from the postal revenues for eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred dollars. For wrapping twine, payable from the postal revenues for eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five thousand dollars. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. office of the attorney-general. Printing and binding.For public printing and binding, Department of Justice, ten thousand dollars. Records Supreme Court of U. S.For printing records for the Supreme Court of the United States, ten thousand dollars.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Contingent expenses.For contingent expenses of the police court, four hundred dollars, and the salaries due all District employees for current services shall be paid in full notwithstanding suspensions heretofore made in the accounts of the Commissioners of the District by the accounting officers of the Treasury. Fuel, etc.For fuel for the public schools and police department, five thousand dollars; one-half of said amounts to be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.
JUDICIAL.Judicial. Salary of judge for northern district of Georgia.To pay the salary of the United States district judge for the northern district of Georgia, three thousand and eighty-one dollars and fifty-six cents. Fees of marshals.For fees of marshals, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Salary, etc., of clerk of Supreme Court of U. S.That the sum of thirteen thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay the salary of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, and his necessary office expenses, including clerk-hire, to the first day of January, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. 587 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives.Miscellaneous.
For miscellaneous items, seven thousand dollars. Sec. 2. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for eighteen hundredDeficiencies for 1882 and prior years, etc. and eighty-two and prior years, and for other purposes, namely: STATE DEPARTMENT.State Department. To reimburse the disbursing clerk, Department of State, for expendituresDisbursing clerk; reimbursement. made by him on account of fuel, eight hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty cents, and miscellaneous items, five hundred and twenty eight dollars and thirty-one cents, being on account of the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand four hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety-one cents. foreign intercourse.Foreign intercourse.
To meet expenses incurred by W. H. Edwards, late consul-general toW. H. Edwards, payment to. Saint Petersburg, during the illness of the minister of the United States to Russia, in the month of March, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, two hundred and twenty six dollars. To pay drafts drawn on the Secretary of State by consular officers onContingent expenses of U. S. consulates, 1880. account of contingent expenses of United States consulates, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, nine hundred and sixty nine dollars and eighteen cents.
To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of contingent expenses of United States consulates, being deficiencies, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-three1882.1881. dollars and nineteen cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and thirty-four cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the TreasuryConsular officers, not citizens.
Department on account of salaries of consular officers not citizens of the United States, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-one cents. To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of annual expenses of Cape Spartel light, coast of Morocco, being deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, fifteen dollars. COURT OF CLAIMS. For payment of the judgments of the Court of Claims, three hundredJudgment of Court of Claims.*Proviso*. and thirty-nine thousand dollars: *Provided,* That no judgment shall be paid until the right of appeal has expired.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Mints, etc. mints and assay offices. To pay amount due the Philadelphia Sun and Item for advertising,Philadelphia Sun and Item, payment to. being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixteen dollars. For subscription to Charlotte Observer, from January first to JulyCharlotte Observer, payment to. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four dollars. internal revenue.
For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of theSalaries and expenses of collectors. Treasury Department on account of salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, six thousand and seventy four dollars and sixty-nine cents. 588 life-saving stations. Compensation of superintendent, etc.Compensation of one superintendent of life-saving and lifeboat stations on the coasts of Lakes Huron and Superior, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents. miscellaneous objects.Miscellaneous.
National Capital Telephone Company, payment to.To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to National Capital Telephone Company being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, forty five dollars and seventy cents Transfer of appropriations.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, eighteen hundred and eighty two,” the sum of two hundred and twenty nine dollars and seventy three cents, to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “Contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty two” for the amounts found due by the accounting officers.
Carpets.To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for carpets in Treasury building, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, eleven dollars and ninety cents. Adams Express Company, payment to.For transportation of United States notes in redemption of mutilated United States notes, due to Adams Express Company, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, nine hundred and seventy one dollars.
Propagation of food-fishes.For the payment of liabilities contracted in the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, and prior fiscal years, for the propagation of food-fishes, three thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. W. F. Rogers, payment to.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to William F Rogers, late colonel Twenty first Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, the amount of Treasury draft numbered nine thousand and seventy, of September twenty eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty four, issued on Treasury warrant numbered fourteen hundred and sixty three, in payment of a horse lost in the military service and paid by the United States depository at Baltimore on a forged indorsement, as appears by the affidavit of said William F.
Rogers and papers on file in the Treasury Department, two hundred dollars. R. T. Aycock, refund of fine, etc. [R. S. 4325, 836](/us/rs/s4325/836).To refund to R. T. Aycock, master of the schooner George W. Thomas, so much of a fine incurred under section forty three hundred and twenty five Revised Statutes, and remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, but erroneously covered into the Treasury, forty five dollars. James W. Bell, refund of fine. [R. S. 4334, 838](/us/rs/s4334/838).To refund to James W.
Bell, master of the sloop Theodosia. E. Bell, a fine incurred under section forty three hundred and thirty four Revised Statutes, and remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, but erroneously covered into the Treasury, twenty dollars. William Robinson, refund of fine. [R. S. 3125, 599](/us/rs/s3125/599).To refund to William Robinson, master of the schooner Dreadnaught, a fine incurred under section thirty one hundred and twenty five Revised Statutes, and remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, but erroneously covered into the Treasury, twenty dollars.
Treasurer U. S., reimbursement.That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to the Treasurer of the United States, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of five hundred and fifty five dollars and eighty five cents, to reimburse the said Treasurer for an amount appearing on his books as a deficiency, and known as the deficiency of December fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy six. Daniel R. Chambers, credit in account.To enable the accounting officers of the Treasury to effect a settlement of the account of Daniel H.
Chambers as internal-revenue stamp agent at Emory Court House, Texas, against whom a judgment was obtained in the United States district court for the western district of Texas, on 589 the twenty seventh of April, eighteen hundred and seventy four, for two hundred and ninety six dollars and fifty cents principal, and sixty one dollars and fourteen cents intrest and costs, which said stuns were collected and erroneously covered into the Treasury on account of the Post Office Department, authority is hereby granted them to make the necessary entries without involving the expenditure of any money from the Treasury.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized to passHerbert A. Gill, payment to. to the credit of Herbert A. Gill the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for services performed in connection with the National Museum during the second and third quarters of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty one; and to S. C. Brown sixtyS. C. Brown, payment to. dollars, for services performed in connection with the United States Pish Commission, during the third quarter of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty one.
To pay to Michael Conlan and Edmund Brockenborough two hundredMichael Conlan, Edmund Brockenborough, payment to. and forty two dollars and sixty one cents each, being the amount withheld from their salaries as messengers in the office of the National Board of Health from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, to August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two, four hundred and eighty five dollars and twenty two cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. naval establishment.
To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the TreasuryMarine Corps.Contingent expenses. Department on account of contingent, Marine Corps, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, two hundred and eighty eight dollars and forty cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of contingent, Marine Corps, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, three hundred and twenty dollars and five cents.
To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the TreasuryTransportation and recruiting. on account of transportation and recruiting Marine Corps, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, thirty six dollars To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the TreasuryBurean of Navigation.Contingent expenses. Department on account of contingent, Bureau of Navigation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, one hundred and thirty dollars and seventy two cents.
For disbursements made by Lieutenant John W. Danenhower andJohn W. Danenhower, George W. Melville, reimbursement, etc. Chief Engineer George W. Melville, on account of transportation and subsistence of themselves and a portion of the survivors of the Arctic exploring steamer Jeannette, in their journey from the Lena delta to the United States; and for expenses of the court of inquiry convenedExpenses of court of inquiry as to loss of the Jeannette.Pamphlet edition 1st sess. 47th Cong., 394. for investigating the circumstances of the loss of that vessel, under authority of the joint resolution of Congress approved August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, twelve thousand five hundred and four dollars and sixty four cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are herebyR. Gatewood, Francis T. Bowles, payment to. authorized and directed to allow to Assistant Naval Constructors R Gatewood and Francis. T. Bowles pay equal to sea pay while at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. That from the fifty thousand dollars appropriated for the current yearAppropriation for care and preservation of navy-yards, limited. for the care and preservation of such navy yards or stations as might be closed, not exceeding thirty nine thousand dollars, may be used for maintenance at any or all of the navy yards. 590 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department.Photolithographing.
For photolithographing or otherwise producing illustrations for the Patent Office Report for eighteen hundred and seventy, six thousand dollars. general land office. Payment to employees for volunteer services.To enable the Secretary of the Interior to pay the employees in the General Land Office who rendered voluntary services without compensation during the period from July first to August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand nine hundred and ninety three dollars and ninety eight cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. public lands service.
Survey of public lands.For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of surveying the public lands: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, two thousand five hundred and two dollars and thirty five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand one hundred and three dollars and nineteen cents. Ithamar C. Whipple, credit, etc.To pay Ithamar C. Whipple the amount due him as receiver of public moneys at Cheyenne, Wyoming, the same being to his credit on the books of the Treasury Department, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty two cents. indian affairs.
Payment to certain railroad companies.Amount found due certain railroad companies for transportation in connection with the purchase of Indian supplies during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, being a deficiency for that year, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and twenty cents. Dominick Corcoran.Amount due Dominick Corcoran, per certificate numbered sixty-four hundred and seventy-nine, of Second Comptroller, dated July twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for value of lands and improvements thereon in the “Muckleshoot Prairie,” taken for use of Indians, April seventh, eighteen hundred and fifty-nine, three hundred and twenty dollars.
Survey, etc., of lands near Pendleton, Oregon.Pamphlet edition laws, 1st sess., 47 Cong.,p.297.For the survey and appraisement of certain lands adjacent to the town of Pendleton, in the State of Oregon, belonging to the Umatilla Indian Reservation, in accordance with the provisions of an act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two (in addition to the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars appropriated by section six of said act), two thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; said sum to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of said lands.
Survey, etc., Omaha Indian reservation, Nebraska.Pamphlet edition laws, 1st sess., 47th Cong., 341.For the survey and appraisement of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the State of Nebraska, in accordance with the provisions of an act approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; said sum to be reimbursed to the United States out of the proceeds of the sale of said lands.
Proceeds of Indian reservations to be covered into Treasury, etc.The proceeds of all pasturage and sales of timber, coal, or other product of any Indian reservation, except those of the five civilized tribes, and not the result of the labor of any member of such tribe, shall be covered into the Treasury for the benefit of such tribe under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe; and the Secretary shall report his action in detail to Congress at its next session. 591 POSTAL SERVICE.Postal service.
For inland transportation by railroad routes, payable from the postalInland transportation. revenues of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, twenty-four thousand six hundred and eighty-seven dollars and sixty nine cents. For mail-messenger service, payable from the postal revenues ofMail-messenger service. eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-four cents. For advertising, payable from the postal revenues of eighteen hundredAdvertising, 1881. and eighty-one, twenty-five dollars and twenty cents.
For clerk-hire, payable from the postal revenues of eighteen hundredClerical labor. and eighty-one, two hundred and four dollars and fifty cents. For route agents, payable from the postal revenues of eighteen hundredRoute agents. and eighty-two, five thousand and seventy-nine dollars and ninety-two cents. For advertising, payable from the postal revenues for eighteen hundredAdvertising, 1882. and eighty-two, four hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-two cents. For stationery, payable from the postal revenues for eighteen hundredStationery. and eighty-two, six thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty-eight cents.
For furniture for post-offices, payable from the postal revenues forFurniture. eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-four cents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. For coroners jurors’ fees in inquest cases prior to July first, eighteenCoroners’ jurors’ fees. hundred and eighty-two, ninety-six dollars. For work on streets and avenues for the fiscal year eighteen hundredStreets and avenues. and eighty-two, three thousand five hundred dollars.
To meet deficiencies on account of the several items of appropriationsDeficiencies in appropriations. for the support of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, four thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars. The Commissioners of the District are hereby authorized to use a sumRepairs, etc., on Amidon, Bannaker, and Analostan school buildings. not exceeding two thousand five hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents of any unexpended balances of the sums appropriated for school purposes by the act making appropriations for deficiencies approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, in making necessary repairs and improvements on the Amidon, Bannaker, and Analostan school buildings, and said sum is hereby re appropriated for those purposes: *Provided,* That the twelve hundred dollars appropriated by the*Proviso*.Pamphlet edition of laws, 1 sess., 47th Cong., 142. act approved July first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, “for rent of rooms to accommodate the schools until the Jefferson building is completed,” may be expended for said purpose at any time during the present fiscal year.
And said Commissioners are further authorized to apply the sum of seven hundred dollars of the amount appropriated for rent of station houses for the current fiscal year to the purchase of necessary furniture for the station houses authorized by act approved April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two: *Provided further,* That one half of*Proviso*. the foregoing sums for the government of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the said District. JUDICIAL.
For payment of special deputy marshals for services at the CongressionalSpecial deputy marshals. elections in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-two dollars. SENATE. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay the three riding pagesPay to riding pages. of the Senate for services from the fifth day of March to the thirtieth 592 day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eight hundred and eighty live dollars. Payment to William Lucas and Thomas S.
Hickman, allowed in account of Acting Secretary of Senate.That the accounting officers of the Treasury be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to audit and allow an account, amounting to eight hundred and seventy-six dollars, paid by the Acting Secretary of the Senate on the twelfth of August, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to William Lucas and Thomas S. Hickman, under the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the government, and for other purposes, approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
Salaries of officers, employees, etc., of Senate.To pay necessary expenses of the Senate for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, namely: For salaries of officers, clerks, messengers, and others, one thousand three hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty cents; for clerks to committees and pages, nine thousand five hundred and twenty-three dollars; for furniture and repairs of furniture, one thousand two hundred dollars; for miscellaneous items, four thousand dollars; in all, sixteen thousand one hundred dollars and twenty cents.
Edward N. Atherton, payment to.To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Edward N. Atherton the balance of salary due him by law for discharging the duties of a messenger of the Senate from April first, eighteen hundred and seventy seven, to May fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, seven hundred and twenty dollars; said sum to be in full of all claims for said services. H. B. Littlepage, payment to.To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to H. B. Little page compensation as messenger from August sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seven hundred and ninety one dollars and eighty cents.
Duties, etc., of Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library on part of Senate.That the portion of the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library on the part of the Senate remaining in office as Senators shall during the recess of Congress exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred by law upon the Joint Committee of Congress upon the Library. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. Salaries and mileage of members and Delegates.For this amount to pay salaries and mileage of members and Delegates for fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, eleven thousand three hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-three cents.
John C. Cook.To pay Hon John C. Cook, two hundred and fifty dollars, for newspaper and stationery allowance for the Forty-seventh Congress. Assistant journal clerk.For additional compensation to the assistant journal clerk, six hundred dollars. Contested-election cases:To pay to the parties named below the amounts set opposite their names, in full of expenses incurred by them, respectively, in contested-election cases in the Forty-seventh Congress, namely: J. Floyd King, D. Wyatt Aiken, M.
E. Cutts, J. C. Cook, Gustavus Sessinghaus, R. Graham Frost, E. W. Robertson, A. A. Mabson, John W. Jones, Charles M. Shelley.To J. Floyd King, five hundred dollars; D. Wyatt Aiken, seven hundred and eight dollars and sixty-five cents; M. E. Cutts, one thousand dollars; J. C. Cook, one thousand dollars; Gustavus Sessinghaus, two thousand dollars; R. Graham Frost, two thousand dollars; Edward W. Robertson, seven hundred dollars; A. A. Mabson, five hundred dollars; John W. Jones, eight hundred dollars;
Charles M. Shelley, three hundred dollars; in all, nine thousand five hundred and eight dollars and sixty-five cents. Jesse J. Yates.To pay honorable Jesse J. Yates, as a member of the Forty-sixth Congress, his mileage and stationery account for the first regular session of that Congress, two hundred and forty-five dollars. Horatio Bisbee, jr.To pay honorable Horatio Bisbee, junior, as a member of the Forty-sixth Congress, his mileage and stationery account for the first regular session of that Congress, five hundred and twenty-five dollars.
J. T. Updegraff, deceased, payment to representatives of.To pay the representatives of honorable J. T. Updegraff, deceased, balance of salary and for mileage due him as a member of the Forty-seventh Congress, one thousand and thirty-two dollars and seventy-four cents. Payment to William Lucas and Thomas 8. Hickman, allowed in account of Acting Secretary of Senate. 593 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to construct partitions andShelving, etc., in crypt for books, etc. shelving for storing surplus books of the Library of Congress in the crypt at the east side, two thousand dollars.
For altering and increasing the mail boxes, and for necessary repairsMail-boxes, etc., post-office. in the post office of the House of Representatives, to be expended tinder the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To enable the Clerk of the House to pay the following claims which have been examined and recommended by the Committee on Accounts, namely: To W. H. Barbour, three hundred and twenty dollars; to Henry H.W.
H. Barbour.Henry H. Neal.W. F. Kellogg.P. V. Degraw.Francis A. Baird.L. B. Cook.William Mallory. Neal, three hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirty-four cents; to Wilbur F. Kellogg, two hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventeen cents; to P. V. Degraw, forty-eight dollars; to Francis A. Baird, three hundred and fifty dollars; to L. B. Cook, three hundred dollars; to William Mallory, two hundred and thirty two dollars. MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. To pay W. W. Lester, for services rendered as a messenger while receivingW.
W. Lester. the pay of a laborer, one hundred dollars. To pay John S. Kenyon, difference between pay received by him andJohn S. Kenyon. that of reading clerk, while so acting, for two months and fifteen days, two hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents. To pay Henry A. Dawson, for services as messenger under the postmasterHenry A. Dawson. from December fourth to fourteenth, inclusive, thirty-five dollars and fifty cents. To pay R. R. Ripley four hundred dollars as extra compensation forR.
R. Ripley. his services as assistant clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means. To pay J. B. Holloway, additional, for services as assistant clerk toJ. B. Holloway. the Committee on War-Claims, four hundred dollars. To pay E. L. Brown, for services as enrolling clerk during the firstE. L. Brown. session of the Forty-seventh Congress, two hundred and forty dollars. To pay N. A. Faller, difference between amount received by him asN. A. Fuller. cashier, under the Sergeant-at Arms, from July first to August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and his salary as fixed by the act approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, ninety dollars and forty-nine cents.
To pay to Henry G. Hayes, for special report of testimony before theHenry G. Hayes. House Committee of Foreign Affairs at the First session of the Forty-seventh Congress as per account approved and certified, one hundred and sixty-two dollars. To pay Frank Gault, for services as assistant to the journal clerkFrank Gault. from December first to thirteenth, inclusive, seventy-eight dollars. To pay Henry H. Smith for services rendered and to be rendered inHenry H. Smith. compiling and indexing all questions of order decided in Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union on general appropriation and revenue bills, under the resolution of February twenty-third, eighteen hundred and eighty two, five hundred dollars.
And to pay D, F. Murphey Official Reporter of the Senate for extraD. F. Murphey. services and for clerk hire paid out by him, one thousand dollars for the second session of the Forty-seventh Congress. To reimburse Robert J. Stevens for sundry items paid for on accountRobert J. Stevens. of Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, during Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses, sixty dollars. To reimburse John G. Doren, late index clerk of the House, for moneyJohn G.
Doren. necessarily expended by him for assistance in indexing the printed matter of the House during the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses, eight hundred and twelve dollars and twenty-five cents. That there be printed and bound, for the use of the House, the usualDigest of contested-election cases. number of copies of the digest of contested-election cases, together with an index of the same, to be prepared by the clerk of the Committee on 594 Elections for winch and for the necessary preparation and superintendence connected therewith there shall be paid said clerk the sum of one thousand dollars, and not more than live hundred dollars shall be paid before said work is completed Charles Carter.To pay Charles Carter for cleaning extra room of Committee on appropriations sixty dollars.
Chas. H. Evans.To pay Charles EI. Evans five hundred dollars for services rendered the Committee on Ways and Means in preparing statistical information and for other services called for by that committee during the present Henry Dunlap.Congress; also to pay Henry Dunlap the like sum of five hundred dollars for like services rendered the Committee on Ways and Means, the same to be immediately available. W. B. Green.To pay W. B. Green for clerical work in completing the records of the Committee on accounts a sum equal to one months pay one hundred and eighty dollars.
Sec. 3. Payment of claims certified to be due, etc.[18 Stat., 110](/us/stat/18/110). That for the payment of claims certified to be due by the several 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, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, sis fully set forth in House Executive Document Numbered Forty-five, Forty seventh Congress, second session, and for other items, there is appropriated, as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLERClaims allowed by First Comptroller.State Department. state department. Foreign intercourse.For foreign intercourse, as follows: For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, two hundred and twelve dollars and fifty-three cents. For salaries, consular services, for same period, fifty seven dollars and seven cents. For salaries, consular officers not citizens, for same period, ninety four dollars and twenty-one cents.
For relief and protection of American seamen, for same period, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-one cents. James Rea, payment to.To pay James Rea, late consul at Belfast, the amount found due him under private act numbered one hundred and twenty-three, approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-five dollars and fifty-one cents. treasury departmentTreasury Department. Internal revenue.For internal revenue, as follows:
Stamps.For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, eighty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. Drawback.For allowance of drawback for same period, one hundred and seventy-one dollars and seven cents. Refunding moneys.For refunding taxes illegally collected for same period, five thousand and fifty-three dollars and fifty-two cents. C. L. Lloyd.To pay C. L. Lloyd balance of amount due on judgment against late internal revenue collector Conley, for taxes illegally collected, four thousand six hundred and ninety two dollars and fifty cents.
Refunding moneys, etc.For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into the Treasury prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, fifty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents. 595 For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundredViolation of internal-revenue laws. and eighty and prior years, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-eight cents. For salary and expenses of supervisors and subordinate officers ofSupervisors, etc. internal-revenue, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prior years, seventy-four dollars and sixty-nine cents.
For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal-revenue,Agents, etc. eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, five hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty-nine cents. For expenses of assessing and collecting internal-revenue, eighteenAssessing, etc., internal-revenue. hundred and seventy-five and prior years, two hundred dollars For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, eighteenCollectors. hundred and eighty and prior years, one hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-nine cents.
For mints and assay offices, all being for the fiscal year eighteenMints and assay offices. hundred and eighty and prior years, as follows: For contingent expenses, mint at San Francisco, thirty-six dollarsMint, San Francisco. and sixty-three cents. For contingent expenses, mint at Carson, two dollars and fifty-oneCarson. cents. For contingent expenses, assay office at Helena, forty-one cents.Helena. For contingent-expenses, assay office at Boise City, eleven dollars andBoise City. twenty-eight cents.
For contingent expenses, mint at Denver, six dollars and forty-twoDenver. cents. For miscellaneous expenses, all being for the fiscal year eighteenMiscellaneous expenses. hundred and eighty and prior years, as follows: For Coast and Geodetic Survey, western division, four dollars andCoast and Geodetic Survey. twenty cents. For suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes, thirty-five dollars.Counterfeiting, etc. For refunding to national-banking associations excess of duty, eighty-eightRefunding excess of duty to national banking associations dollars and two cents.
For contingent expenses, independent treasury, thirty-two cents.Independent treasury. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, freight, telegrams,Contingent expenses of Treasury Department. and so forth, eighty-three dollars and nineteen cents. For contingent expenses, Steamboat-Inspection Service, six cents.Steam boat-inspection Service. For payment for land sold for direct taxes, six hundred and forty-fiveLand sold for direct taxes. dollars. For refunding taxes illegally collected under the direct-tax laws, sevenRefund of taxes illegally collected, etc. hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighteen cents.
The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed toPayment of claims of original owners of lands sold for direct taxes, etc.[12 Stat., 305](/us/stat/12/305). cause to be audited by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury and paid the claims of the original owners of lands which were sold for nonpayment of United States direct taxes, for the surplus proceeds of the same, under the provisions of the act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and for such purpose the sum of one hundred and ninety thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. interior department.Interior Department.
For public lands service, as follows :Public lands service.Items. For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-six cents. For surveying private land-claims in California, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, twenty-five dollars and two cents. For surveying the public lands, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, one thousand three hundred and thirty dollars and fifty-one cents. 596 For surveying the northern boundary of Wyoming, one thousand dollars.
For adjusting claims for indemnity for swamp lands, sixty-five dollars and fifty cents. department of justice.Department of Justice. For judicial, as follows : U. S. courts.For expenses of United States courts, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, six thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars and ten cents. Fees, commissioners of U. S. courts.For fees of commissioners of United States courts prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred and thirty dollars and ninety cents.
Fees of jurors.For fees of jurors, United States courts, for same period, seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-five cents. Fees of witnesses.For fees of witnesses, United States courts, for same period, four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fourteen cents. Prisoners, U. S. courts.For support of prisoners, United States courts, for same period three thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirteen cents. Convicts.For support of convicts, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, seven hundred and forty-eight dollars.
Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous, United States courts, expenses prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, one thousand six hundred and eight dollars and four cents. Rent of courtrooms.For rent of courtrooms, United States courts, for same period, three hundred and sixty dollars. Fees, supervisors of elections.For fees of supervisors of elections, for same period, three hundred dollars. Territorial courts, Utah.For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, for same period, twelve dollars.
District marshals.For salaries of district marshals for same period, nine hundred and ninety dollars and forty-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by Commissioner of Customs. Marine-Hospital Service.For Marine-Hospital Service, for same period, forty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents. Fuel, etc., for public buildings.For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, for same period, two hundred and eighty dollars and fifty cents. Life-Saving ServiceFor Life-Saving Service, for same period, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and fifty cents.
Revenue-Cutter Service.For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, for same period, eight dollars and seventy-one cents. Refunding customs moneys, etc.For refunding moneys erroneously covered into the Treasury (customs), for same period, two hundred and fifty dollars. Purchase of revenue vessels.For building or purchase of revenue vessels, for same period, two thousand and ten dollars. WAR-DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller.
Mexican volunteers.For pay of volunteers (Mexican war), eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, two hundred and two dollars and sixteen cents. Mounted volunteer riflemen.For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers), under Colonel John C. Fremont, in eighteen hundred and forty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, one hundred and five dollars. Florida volunteers.For pay of Florida volunteers, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, six hundred and eighty dollars and twenty cents.
Contingencies, Army.For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, eighty-two dollars and seventy-four cents. Praft and substitute fund.For draft and substitute fund, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, seventy-five dollars and ninety-three cents. 597 For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eightyMedical, etc., department. and prior years, four hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty cents. For expenses of recruiting, eighteen hundred and eighty and priorRecruiting. years, six dollars and fifteen cents.
Twenty per centum additional compensation, prior to July first,Twenty per cent, additional compensation. eighteen hundred and eighty (joint resolution of February twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven), one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-two cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Interior Department. For contingencies of the Indian Department, eighteen hundred andContingencies of the Indian Department. eighty and prior years, eighty-nine dollars.
For incidental expenses, Indian service in Colorado, for same period,Indian service, Colorado. one dollar. For incidental expenses, Indian service in Oregon, for same period,Oregon. eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-six cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux ofSupport of Sioux, etc., Nebraska. Nebraska, for same period, sixty-five dollars and forty-one cents. For transportation of Indian supplies, for same period, four hundredTransportation of Indian supplies. and sixty-four dollars and ten cents.
For traveling expenses of Indian inspectors, for same period, twoIndian inspectors. dollars and forty-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLERClaims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller. interior department.Interior. For Army pensions for eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years,Army pensions. one thousand and sixty-five dollars and eighty cents. war department.War. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, for eighteen hundredQuartermaster’s supplies. and eighty and prior years, four thousand eight hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, for sameIncidental expenses. period, one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-two cents For Army transportation, for same period, one hundred and forty-sevenArmy transportation. thousand two hundred and sixteen dollars and nineteen cents. To pay Olive A. Adams, widow of Daniel M. Adams, holder andOlive A. Adams, payment to. owner of audited claims for Army transportation eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, certified in Executive Document Forty-five, second session, Forty-seventh Congress, five hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For barracks and quarters, for same period, one thousand nine hundredBarracks and quarters. and ninety-four dollars and twenty cents. For horses for cavalry and artillery, for same period, eleven thousandHorses, cavalry, etc. five hundred and forty dollars. For clothing, camp and garrison equipage, for same period, sixty-sevenClothing, etc. cents. For subsistence of the Army, for same period, one thousand one hundredSubsistence. and live dollars and seventy cents. For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, asRefund of moneys to—Ohio.Maine. follows:
To the State of Ohio, seventy thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-six cents; to the State of Maine, two thousand one. hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-two cents; to the State of Massachusetts, eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty-fourMassachusetts.Pennsylvania. dollars and twelve cents (eighth installment); to the State of Pennsylvania, 598 thirty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifty-eightKentucky. cents (eleventh installment); to the State of Kentucky, twenty-nine thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-four cents (eleventh and twelfth installments); in all, one hundred and forty-eight thousand one hundred and sixty dollars and ninety-two cents.
Lost horses, etc., in military service.For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, thirty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and ninety-four cents. Commutation of rations to prisoners of war, etc.For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, for same period, thirteen thousand seven hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty cents. Pay, etc., Oregon and Washington volunters.For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and prior years, three thousand and fifty dollars.
Twenty per cent, additional compensation.For twenty per centum additional compensation, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, nine hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-six cents. Rogue River Indian war.For Rogue River Indian war, for same period, six hundred and thirteen dollars and fourteen cents. Contingencies, fortifications.For contingencies of fortifications, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-one cents. NAVY-DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Navy-Department claims.
Pay.Navy.For pay of the Navy, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, twenty thousand seven hundred and eighty-three dollars and eighty cents. Miscellaneous.For pay, miscellaneous, for eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, two thousand two hundred and forty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents. Arrearages.For pay of the Navy (arrearages), prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, three dollar’s and twenty-three cents. Marine Corps.For pay of the Marine Corps, for same period, one hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-two cents.
For contingent, Marine Corps, for eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, four hundred and seventy-five dollars and eighty-six cents. For fuel, Marine Corps, for same period, twenty-four dollars and fifty cents. For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, for same period, ninety-six dollars. Naval Observatory.For Naval Observatory, Bureau of Navigation, for same period, twenty-nine dollars and sixty cents. Equipment and Recruiting.For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, for same period, one hundred and thirty dollars and eight cents.
For civil establishment, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, for same period, fifty-four dollars and seventy-nine cents Yards and Docks.For maintenance of yards and docks, Bureau of Yanis and Docks, for same period, twenty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents. Medicine and Surgery.For medical department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, for same period, eight hundred and thirty-two dollars and eighty-eight cents. For contingent, Bureau of medicine and surgery, for same period, one hundred and forty-seven dollars and nineteen cents.
Provisions and Clothing.For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, for same period, three dollars. For contingent, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, for same period, three hundred and sixty two dollars and fifty-one cents. Construction and Repair.For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, for same period, forty-four dollars and forty cents. Steam-Engineering.For steam-machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, for same period, twenty-nine cents 599 For Navy pensions for same period, two hundred and twenty-one dollarsNavy pensions. and sixty-nine cents.
For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, prior to July first,Bounties. eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-eight cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, for same period, six hundred and eighty nine dollars and thirty-six cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, for same period, three hundred andIndemnity for lost clothing. sixty-eight dollars and ninety cents. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. For deficiency in postal revenues for eighteen hundred and eighty andPostal revenues. prior years, twelve thousand three hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty-nine cents.
For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, to pay certificates numbered one hundred and fifty-seven, one hundred and fifty-eight, one hundred and fifty-nine, one hundred and sixty, one hundred and sixty-one, and one hundred and sixty-two, for mail transportation and clerk hire, three thousand four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and thirty-seven cents. To pay S. P. Wheeler amount of claim for mail messenger service inS. P. Wheeler. Chicago, Illinois, payable from the postal revenues for eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, four hundred and sixty-one dollars find twenty-four cents.
Sec. 4.— For the payment of arrears of pay, and so forth, to officersArrears of pay to officers and soldiers certified to be due. and soldiers of the United States Army which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four hundred thousand dollars. For payment of amounts for arrears of pay to two and three yearTwo and three year volunteers. volunteers who served in the war of the rebellion which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For payment of amounts of bounty to volunteer soldiers who servedBounty to volunteer soldiers, widows, and legal heirs of. in the war of the rebellion, and their widows and legal heirs which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Depart meat, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars For payment of amounts of additional bounty under the act of JulyAdditional bounty, act July 28, 1866, etc. twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, sixty thousand dollars.
For the payment of claims audited and allowed by the Second AuditorClaims against Indian Bureau, payment of.Pamphlet edition laws, 1st sess. 47th Cong., p. 345. and Second Comptroller of the Treasury under the provisions of the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, “to authorize the auditing of certain unpaid claims against the Indian Bureau by the accounting officers of the Treasury,” for services rendered and supplies furnished on account of the Indian service, as fully set forth in House Executive Document number forty-two, second session, Forty-seventh Congress, ninety-six thousand three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy-one cents.
Sec. 5.— It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Navy to causeAppraisement of condemned naval vessels. to be appraised, in such manner as may seem best, all vessels of the Navy which have been stricken from the Navy Register under the provisions of the act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,Pamphlet edition of laws, 1st sess. 47th Cong., p. 297. and for other purposes, approved August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
And if the said Secretary shall deem it for the best interest of the United States to sell any such vessel or vessels, he shall, after 600 Secretary of Navy to advertise for sealed proposals for purchase of condemned naval vessels.such appraisal, advertise for sealed proposals for the purchase of the same, for a period not less than three months, in such newspapers as other naval advertisements are published, setting forth the name and location and the appraised value of such vessel, and that the same will be sold, for cash, to the person or persons or corporation or corporations offering the highest price therefor above the appraised value thereof; and such proposals shall be opened on a day and hour anti at a place named in said advertisement, and record thereof shall be made.
The Secretary Cash deposit and bond to accompany each bid.Conditions of bond.of the Navy shall require to accompany each bid or proposal a deposit in cash of not less than ten per centum of the amount of the offer or proposal, and also a bond, with two or more sureties to be approved by him, conditioned for the payment of the remaining ninety per centum of the amount of such offer or proposal within the time fixed in the advertisement. And In case of default, etc.in case default is made in the payment of the remaining ninety per centum, or any part thereof, the Secretary, within the prescribed time thereof, shall advertise a nd resell said vessel under the provisions of this act.
And Deposit, etc., forfeited to U. S., disposition of.in that event said cash deposit of ten per centum shall be considered as forfeited to the government, and shall be applied, first, to the payment of all costs and expenditures attending the advertisement and resale of said vessel; second, to the payment of the difference, if any, between the first and last sale of said vessel; and the balance, if any, shall be *Proviso*.covered into the Treasury. *Provided, however,* That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent a suit upon said bond for breach of any of its conditions.
Any vessel sold under the foregoing provisions shall be delivered to the purchaser upon the full payment to the Secretary of the Navy of the amount of such proposal or offer; and the net proceeds of such sale shall be covered into the Treasury. But no vessel Naval vessels hereafter sold to be subject to provisions of this act; exception.Vessels in process of construction condemned, etc.of the Navy shall hereafter be sold in any other manner than herein provided, or for less than such appraised value, unless the President of the United States shall otherwise direct in writing.
In case any vessel now in process of construction in any navy yard has been or shall be found to be unworthy of being completed, and has been and shall be condemned under the provisions of said act, and cannot properly be sold, and it becomes necessary to remove the same, the cost of such removal shall be paid out of the net proceeds derived from the sale of other vessels hereby authorized to be sold. Approved, March 3, 1883.