Chapter 24. to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 24.— An Act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes.Mar. 6, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriations. That the following stuns, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, tor the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and prior years, namely: 8 PUBLIC PRINTING AND BINDING.
Public printing and binding.For the public printing, for the public binding, and for the paper for the public printing, including the cost of printing the debates and proceedings of Congress in the Congressional Record, and for lithographing, mapping, and engraving for both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court of the United States, the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, the Court of Claims, the Library of Congress, and the departments, and for all the necessary materials which may be needed in the Appropriation.prosecution of the work, four hundred thousand dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Revenue steamer W. P. Fessenden, rebuilding.[21 Stat., 438](/us/stat/21/438).For rebuilding the revenue steamer W. P. Fessenden with iron hull (in addition to the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars appropriated for the purpose under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one) twenty five thousand dollars. Freight on bullion and coin.For freight on bullion and coin between the mint and assay offices, and on coin from the mints to the offices of the Treasurer and assistant *Proviso*.Treasurers of the United States; fifty thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the amount paid from moneys hereby appropriated for the transportation of gold coin, from San Francisco to New York after the passage of this act, shall not exceed one-fourth of one per centum, and for the transportation of silver coin one per centum and for intermediate points Rates.Vaults and safes, repairs of.Additional watchman.Additional vaul t, mint, San Francisco.Transfer of appropriation.at proportionate rates corresponding to the distance.
For constructing, repairing, and enlarging the vaults and safes for the use of the assistant treasurer of the United States at San Francisco, California, including pay of one additional watchman, ten thousand dollars. For constructing an additional vault in the mint at San Francisco, California, ten thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, 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-two”, not exceeding the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars.
Fuel, light, water, etc., for public buildings, other than those in Washington, under control of the Treasury Department.For fuel, light, water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitors 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 control of the Treasury Department outside of the city of Washington, seventy five thousand dollars.
COURT OF CLAIMS. Judgments in Court of Claims.For payment of final judgments of the Court of Claims, affirmed by the Supreme Court and not liable to appeal and now drawing interest, the sum of not exceeding three hundred and ten thousand dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT. Observation of transit of Venus.Appropriation.For the repair and purchase of instruments to be used in observing the transit of Venus which will occur December sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for the necessary preliminary experiments, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That this appropriation shall be *Provisos*.immediately available, and that it shall be expended subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the transit of Venus [17 Stat., 367](/us/stat/17/367).commission created by the act approved March third eighteen hundred and seventy two: *And provided further*, That the Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac be, and he is hereby, created an additional member of the said commission. 9 WAR DEPARTMENT.
For mileage of officers of the Army when traveling under orders,Mileage. twenty thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. For stationery for the Department of the Interior and its several bureausStationery. and offices, four thousand dollars. indian service, For the following for the Sioux and other Indians, and for the Indian service: For vaccination of Indians, one thousand dollars.Vaccination.Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico.Arapahoes, Cheyennos, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas.
Black feet, Bloods, and Piegans. For collecting and subsisting Apaches and other Indians of Arizona and New Mexico, twenty thousand dollars. For support and civilization of the Arapahoes, Cheyennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Oomanches, and Wichitas, fifty thousand dollars. For support of Blackfcet, Bloods, and Piegans, fifteen thousand dollars. For support of Indians within the limits of the late Central superintendency,Modocs and Nez Perces. including the Modocs and the Nez Perces of Joseph’s band, made necessary by failure of crops, three thousand dollars.
For support of Sioux of different tribes, two hundred and fifty thousandSioux. dollars. For aiding them in civilization and agricultural pursuits, one hundredCivilization, etc. thousand dollars. For support of schools not otherwise provided for, including schoolsSupport of schools. for Freedmen in the Indian Territory, fifty thousand dollars. Telegraphing and making purchase of Indian supplies: To contractSupplies, etc. for the Indian service, advertising at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, ten thousand dollars, capitol extension.
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to meet the expenses that willRemoval of House bathrooms, Capitol. be incurred in removing the House bathrooms to the southeast corner of the basement, at the foot of the elevator, and to make needful alterations and repairs necessitated by such removal, three thousand dollars. congressional library To pay expert architects employed under the act of June eighth,Joint Select Committee on Congressional Library.[21 Stat., 165](/us/stat/21/165). eighteen hundred and eighty, for work on additional accommodations for the Library of Congress and to meet other expenses of the committee on that subject, five thousand dollars. patent office For the payment of the clerks and laborers in the Patent Office forPay of clerks and laborers. the remainder of the current fiscal year, five thousand two hundred and thirty dollars and forty-nine cents; and to enable the Secretary of theAdditional clerical force.
Interior to increase the clerical force of said office for the remainder of the current fiscal year, four thousand seven hundred and sixty nine dollars add fifty-one cents; in all, ten thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the*Proviso*. compensation of the additional clerks herein authorized shall be fixedCompensation. by the Secretary, not to exceed however u greater rate than twelve hundred dollars per annum for each clerk. For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of the weeklyPhotolithographing. issues of drawings of patents, designs and trade marks, twenty-three thousand, seven hundred and thirty three dollars and twenty-nine cents. 10 For photolithographing or otherwise producing copies of drawings destroyed or damaged by fire, or otherwise exhausted, including pay of Pay of draughtsmen.temporary draughtsmen, ten thousand dollars. general land office.
Additional clerks.To enable the Secretary of the Interior to increase the clerical force of the General Land Office for the remainder of the current fiscal year, *Proviso*.twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*, That such additional force shall be employed to expedite the issue of patents to mineral, agricultural, Compensation.and other land entries now in arrears, and at a compensation to be fixed by the Secretary of the Interior, but in no case at a rate greater than one thousand two hundred dollars per annum for each clerk.
Reproducing defaced township plats.For reproducing worn and defaced township plats for the use of the general and local land-offices, fifteen thousand dollars. pension office Pay of clerks.For the payment of the clerical force in the Pension Office for the remainder of the current fiscal year, seventy-three thousand nine hundred dollars. UNDER THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISH AND FISHERIES. Completion of steamer for Fish and Fisheries.[21 Stat., 440](/us/stat/21/440).To complete the steam-vessel authorized by act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, for the prosecution of the work and investigations of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, forty-two thousand dollars.
Food-fishes.For propagation of food-fishes, and their distribution to the rivers, lakes, and ponds of the United States, thirty-five thousand dollars. Fishing Battery.The Secretary of War is authorized to use the unexpended balance of the appropriations for the improvement of the Susquehanna River above and below Havre de Grace in the construction of the channel and breakwaters of the “Fishing Battery” below Havre de Grace. NATIONAL MUSEUM. Exhibition cases.To expedite the work of constructing the exhibition cases in the new building for the National Museum during the present fiscal year, thirty thousand dollars.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Additional clerks.Letter-carriers.[21 Stat., 376](/us/stat/21/376).Mail-route messengers.For additional clerk-hire in post-offices, one hundred thousand dollars. For payment to letter-carriers, twenty-five thousand dollars. That the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars of the amount appropriated “for mail route messengers” under the act approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes,” is hereby transferred and made available for the payment of route-agents.
Ronte-agents.Railway post office clerks.Rent of building for money order office and money order division of Auditor of Treasury.[21 Stat., 375](/us/stat/21/375).For route-agents, ten thousand dollars, For railway post office clerks, forty thousand dollars. To enable the Postmaster General to rent a suitable building or buildings for the use of the money order office of the Post Office Department, and of the money order division of the Auditor of the Treasury of the Post Office Department, three thousand dollars in addition to the sum appropriated by the “Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for other purposes,” approved March first, eighteen hundred and eighty one; and so much of the proviso in said act as limits the amount that may be paid for the annual rental of building or build- 11ings to the sum of five thousand dollars is hereby repealed and the limit extended to eight thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary.
For pay of watchmen, laborers, fuel, ice, gas, and miscellaneous itemsWatchmen, laborers, fuel, ice, gas; to be paid from proceeds of money order business. three thousand dollars; and the sums thus appropriated shall be paid from the proceeds of the money order business. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. For the expenses incurred in repairing damages done to the court house building in the city of Washington during the storm of JuneRepairs of court house, Washington City. twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars and seventy cents.
SENATE. For furniture and repairs, five thousand dollars.Furniture.Telephone operator. To pay the telephone operator for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seven hundred and twenty dollars. To pay the necessary expenses attending the funeral arrangements,Funeral expenses of Hon. James A. Garfield and Hon. Ambrose E, Burnside. and so forth, of the Honorable James A. Garfield, deceased, late President of the United States, and of the Honorable Ambrose E.
Burnside, deceased, late a Senator of the United States, the sum of six thousand dollars, the vouchers therefor to be examined and approved by the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate. For folding speeches, five hundred dollars; and not exceeding oneFolding speeches. dollar per thousand shall be paid for such folding. For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, seven thousand dollars.Miscellaneous.Contingent expenses. For contingent expenses of the Senate “miscellaneous items”, the sum of fourteen thousand three hundred and thirty one dollars and twenty cents.
To pay D. F. Murphy for reporting the debates, and so forth, of theD. F. Murphy. special session of the Senate in eighteen hundred and eighty-one, under resolution of the Senate of May eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay the clerk to the superintendent of the document room, underSuperintendent document room. resolution of the Senate of December twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, from the first day of January to t he thirtieth day of J one, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, seven hundred and twenty dollars.
To pay the assistant clerk to the Committee on Pensions, under resolutionAssistant clerk to Committee on Pensions. of the Senate of January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from the twentieth of February to the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five hundred and twenty dollars. To pay the seven messengers of the Senate, under resolution of theMessengers, payment to. Senate of February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, from February fifteenth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
To pay Mrs Lucy Burch, widow of John C, Burch, deceased, late SecretaryMrs. Liley Burch. of the Senate, the sum of three thousand and forty-eight dollars; also, to Mrs Virginia Banks, widow of Andrew D. Banks, deceased, lateMrs. Virginia Banks. keeper of the stationery of the Senate, the sum of one thousand and fifty-one dollars and twenty cents; also, to Mrs Mary E. Manly, motherMrs. Mary E. Manly. of W. H. Manly, deceased, late a page in the Senate, the sum of three hundred and sixty dollars, under resolution of the Senate of February twentieth, eighteen hundred and eight-two; in all, four thousand four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and twenty cents. 12 Clerks to Committees, other than those receiving annual salary.To pay the clerks to the committees of the Senate, not receiving annual salaries, who held such positions on the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, the usual per diem compensation from the fifth of March to the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, both inclusive, under resolution of the Senate of March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight dollars.
Richard L. Murphy.To enable the Acting Secretary of the Senate to pay Richard S. Murphy for services rendered as clerk to the Committee on Foreign Relations from December sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one until December nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, at the rate of compensation allowed per diem committee clerks, eighty-four dollars. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Furniture.To enable the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide furniture, and for the repairs of the same, five thousand dollars.
Second assistant doorkeeper.To enable the Clerk of the House to pay the second assistant Doorkeeper of the House, under resolution of December twenty-first eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand and fifty-nine dollars and seventy-eight cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Rebuilding the Jefferson sehool-building.To reconstruct the Jefferson school-building on the present site, with fireproof corridors and staircases, the sum to be received from the insurers of said building and furniture, namely: forty-eight thousand six Appropriation.hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-one cents, which, when received, shall be paid into the Treasury specially to be used for this purpose only, and the additional sum of twenty-one thousand three hundred and thirty five dollars and seventy-nine cents, making, in all, seventy *Provisos*.thousand dollars: *Provided*, That the plans and specifications for said building shall be prepared by the Architect of the Capitol and the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, to which end the Commissioners of the District shall furnish them the necessary means, and that said building shall be constructed by the Commissioners in strict conformity therewith, And *provided further*, That the entire cost of reconstructing, heating, arid furnishing said building and all expenditures on account of said building and grounds shall in no event exceed the sum of seventy thousand dollars; and the work shall be completed by the first day of September eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and the half of the sum of twenty-one thousand three hundred and thirty live dollars and seventy nine cents aforenamed shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia.
Rent of rooms for schools.For rent of rooms for schools for the remainder of the present school year, two thousand dollars, one half of the same to be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia. EXECUTIVE MANSION.Executive Mansion.Repairs, and for furnitiiroj items. For care of and repairs to, the Executive Mansion, and for furniture as follows: For furniture, upholstering, carpets, rugs, glassware, silverware and kitchen utensils, thirteen thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and ninety-nine cents.
For papering, painting, blankets, quilts, table linen and lace curtains, two thousand six hundred and forty dollars and twenty cents. For two force-pumps, repairs to roof and ordinary care and repair of mansion and greenhouses, three thousand six hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-one cents. For lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds, for new gas-fixtures, repairs to the old gas-fixtures, and for purchase of wax candles, one thousand dollars. 13 For removing snow and ice, one thousand dollars.
For contingent expenses of the Executive Office, two thousand dollars. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized toRent of building 803 G street, payment for. cause the rent to be paid for the building designated as number eight hundred and three G. Street northwest in the city of Washington and occupied as an office of the United States Geological Survey, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, said payment to be made from the appropriations for the expenses of the United States Geological Survey for said years, at the rate of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
Sec. 3. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause toRent of building northeast corner Tenth and F streets, payment for. be paid the rent for the second and third stories of the building situated on the northeast corner of “F” and Tenth streets northwest in the city of Washington and occupied by a part of the force of the Surgeon General’s Office for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, said payment to be made out of the appropriation for contingent expenses for the office of the Surgeon General for said fiscal year at the rate of one thousand live hundred dollars per annum.
Approved, March 6, 1882.