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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 22 STAT. · August 5, 1882 · Chapter 390

Chapter 390. making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 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,

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CHAP. 390.— An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, 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.August 5, 1882. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriations, 1883, for prior yearn, etc.
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: STATE DEPARTMENTState Department. For contingent expenses of the Department of State for the yearContingent expenses. eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents. For contingent expenses of the Department of State for the fiscal .year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, nine hundred dollars.
For services of lithographer and necessary materials for the lithographicLithographer, etc. press for the same period, forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents. For compensation and expenses of the commission to China for theCommission to China. years eighteen hundred and eighty and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and one cent. For the additional amount required to carry out the provisions of the21 Stat., 518.Expenses Yorktown Centennial Commission, etc. joint resolution of February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, authorizing and requesting the President to extend to the government and people of France and the fandly of General Lafayette an invitation to join the government and people of the United States in the observance of the centennial anniversary of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, including the expenses of the officer of the War Department detailed to take charge of the military ceremonies at Yorktown, and the liabilities incurred by the Yorktown Centennial Commission, thirty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and ninety-two cents, including three hundred dollars additional compensation to William 8.
Gilman for acting as disbursingWilliam S. Gilman. officer of the commission, or so much thereof as may be necessary, payable upon accounts specifically stated, and to be audited and paid by the Secretary of State. For additional compensation to be paid to Chester Holcombe, secretaryChester Holcombe. and interpreter to the United States legation in China, for his services as acting secretary and interpreter to the commission to China to negotiate and conclude by treaty a settlement of the questions between the two governments, said Chester Holcombe having rendered such services in lieu of and by reason of the nonacceptance of the secretary and interpreter regularly appointed under the terms of the act of May fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, in addition to his salary as secretary and interpreter of legation, and in full of all claim whatever for extra services so rendered, two thousand dollars.
For extra clerk-hire for the department for the current year, twoExtra clerk-hire. thousand dollars. For printing and distributing the publications by the Department ofPrinting and distribution of publications. State of the consular and other commercial reports, including circular letters to chambers of commerce, three thousand dollars. For defraying the expenses incurred in the transmission and reception Telegrams occasioned by illness and death of the lute President.of cable and domestic telegrams by the Department of State and legations abroad owing to the illness and death of the late President, ten thousand dollars.
To meet the expenses of the special mission to Peru, Chili, and Bolivia,Special mission to Peru, Chili, and Bolivia. not exceeding twenty thousand dollars. 258 foreign intercourse. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of Die TreasuryContingent expenses, United States consulates. Department on account of contingent expenses of United States consulates for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, thirteen thousand eight hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventy-eight cents.
To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of salaries of United States consuls for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, three thousand and fifty-three dollars and twenty cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of salaries of consular officers not citizens of the United States for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, five thousand three hundred and fifty-six dollars and eighty-three cents.
To reimburse the resident commissioners of the United States to theCommissioners, International Congress of Electricians, etc.Phillip Walker, payment to. International Congress of Electricians held in Paris in eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one thousand dollars. To compensate Phillip Walker, late secretary of the commission, for his services, two thousand dollars. COURT OF CLAIMS. To pay judgments of the United States Court of Claims, three hundred and forty thousand nine hundredJudgments of Court of Claims. and thirty-eight dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary:*Proviso.* *Provided*, That no judgment shall be paid until the right of appeal has expired.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. For contingent expenses in the Office of the Director of the Mint forContingent expenses, Office of Director of Mint.Freight on bullion and coin. the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand dollars. For freight on bullion and coin between mints and assay-offices, being a deficiency for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, ten thousand seven hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty cents. For freight-charges due Adams Express Company, being a deficiencyAdams Express Company, payment to. for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, cleveu thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
For incidental and contingent expenses of the assay-office at CharlotteContingent expenses assay-office, Charlotte.Alexander Ramsey.S. O. Houghton.Thomas L. Young. for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four dollars and five cents. For compensation of Alexander Ramsey and S. O. Houghton, designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate the management of the United States mint at San Francisco, and expenses connected therewith, one thousand dollars each, and to pay the expenses of Thomas L.
Young, also designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for the same purpose, nine hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred dollars. For actual expenses of James Crawford, fifty-eight dollars, and of G. W.James Crawford,G. W. Bryant.Secretary.Stenographer, etc. Bryant, sixty dollars. For compensation of the secretary, three hundred dollars. For services of the stenographer and expenses of copying testimony, one thousand dollars. five and six febcentum bonds. That section one hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of theR.
S. 170, 27.Additional compensation to clerks. United States be so modified that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and hereby is, authorized to pay, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of seven thousand five hundred and seventy dollars, as follows: For the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars and fourteen cents. 259 For the office of the Register of the Treasury, one thousand eight hundred and four dollars and forty-two cents.
For the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, four hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-four cents, as a reasonable additional compensation to the employees of the Treasury Department who were actually employed during the months of April, May, June, July, and August, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in addition to the usual business hours, on account of the work of continuing, at a lower rate of interest, the five and six per centum bonds of eighteen hundred and eighty-one; the amount specified above to be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury to those actually engaged as aforesaid in such sums as shall seem to him to be just and equitable, having reference to the value of the services rendered to the government by each employee, respectively. internal revenue.
For additional amount to pay salaries and expenses of agents andSalaries of agents, etc.; fees of gaugers. surveyors, for fees and expenses of gaugers, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, being a deficiency for tlieyear eighteen hundred and eighty-one, sixty eight thousand dollars, and for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department on account of punishment for violation of internal-revenueViolation of Internal-revenue laws. laws for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, one thousand nine hundred and two dollars and fifty-two cents. light-house establishment.
To pay the amounts found due by the accounting officers to collectorsCommissions to collectors of customs acting, etc. of customs for commissions, at two and one-half per centum, on disbursements made by them in their capacity as superintendents of lights during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred and twenty-two dollars and ninety-nine cents. life-saving service. To meet a deficiency for the Life-saving Service under the provisionsSuperintendents. of the act of May fourth, eighteen hundred eighty-two, as follows:
For pay of the superintendents, one on the coasts of Maine and New Hampshire and one on the coast of Massachusetts, at seventy-nine dollars and sixty-seven cents each; one on the coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island and one on the coast of New Jersey, at forty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents each; one on the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, seventy-nine dollars and sixty seven cents; one on the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents; one on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, thirty-one dollars and eighty-six cents; one on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, seventy nine dollars and sixty-seven cents; one ou the coasts of Lakes Ontario and Erie, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents; one on the coast of Lake Michigan, one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fortyseven cents; one on the coasts of Washington Territory, Oregon, and California, two hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty-one cents; in all, one thousand two hundred and forty-two dollars and eighty-five cents. miscellaneous objects.
To pay the amount found due by the accounting officers to AdamsAdams Express Company. Express Company for transportation for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. To pay the Western Union Telegraph Company, one hundred andWestern Union Telegraph Company. fourteen dollars and sixty-six cents, being expenses incurred by the Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service under the provisions of the act of April twenty ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight. 260 For fuel, light, water, and miscellaneous items required by the janitorsFuel, light, etc., for public buildings under control of 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 control of the Treasury Department, for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, fifty-six thousand dollars.
For labor in fitting up vaults, and so forth, for public buildings underChicago. Treasury Department at Chicago, being a deficiency for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty-one cents. For furniture and repairs of furniture for public buildings, namely:Hartford, Fall River, Harrisburg, Nashville, Utica. For chandeliers, gas-fixtures, and similar necessaries for buildings at Hartford, Fall River, Harrisburg, Nashville, and Utica, now completed and waiting furniture, seventeen thousand four hundred and ten dollars.
For draping public buildings at the time of the death of the lateDraping public buildings, etc. President James A. Garfield, five thousand dollars. For compensation to George Marston, assistant Treasury agent at the George Marston.Alaskan seal-islands, forty-eight days, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and sixty dollars per annum, one hundred and ninety-two dollars. To pay to Selmar Siebert amount of judgment rendered in his favorSelmar Siebert. by the Court of Claims and contained in report of said court numbered two hundred and sixty-five, Thirty-sixth Congress,second session, seven *Proviso.*hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-three cents: *Provided*, That this sum shall be accepted in full of all demands.
To pay Herbert A. Gill, four hundred and fifty dollars, to G. BrownHerbert A. Gill.G. Brown Goode. Goode one thousand dollars, for performing special services in connection with the Census Department. To pay to the legal representatives of Eben Eveleth, late commissionerLegal representatives of Eben Eveleth. of the Court of Claims, for services rendered by said Eveleth and bis legal assistant, five thousand dollars. For repayment to importers the excess of deposits for unascertainedRepayment to importers excess of deposits, etc. duties, 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 for the payment of all claims to which the appropriation is applicable which are not payable from the permanent R.
S. 3689, 726.*Proviso.*annual appropriation provided for in section thirty-six hundred and eighty-nine of the 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, in his discretion, to pay, orCharges and commissions cases. compromise upon such terms as he may deem proper, claims in what are known as “ charges and commissions cases,” one hundred and fifty thou-’ sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to W. and J. Sloane,W. and J. Sloane. of New York, the value of and duties on certain merchandise imported by them, and which, after payment of duties, was sold by the collector at New York by mistake as unclaimed goods, one thousand and seventeen dollars and thirty-three cents. To refund to Schmidt and Ziegler, of New Orleans, ninety-one dollarsSchmidt and Ziegler. and sixty four cents, being the amount paid by them and covered into the Treasury as a fine equal to and in lieu of dutiesR.
S. 2804, 542. upon certain cigarettes imported in violation of section twenty-eight hundred and four of the Revised Statutes, but which were exported without leaving the custody of the customs officials. To pay William H. Johnson, an amount sufficient to cover paymentsWilliam H.Johnson. made by him to certain supervisors of electiou*Proviso.* in New York city for legal services rendered by the same: *Provided*, That the amount does not exceed one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five dollars.
That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedFrancis E. Spinner. and directed to credit Francis E. Spinner, late Treasurer of the United States, with the sum of forty-seven thousand and ninety-seven 261 dollars and sixty-five cents, amount of the deficiency of June second, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, carried to his debit on the books of the Register of the Treasury, per Auditor’s report numbered two hundred thousand nine hundred and twenty-five; and he is further 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 six hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-one cents, to reimburse said Treasurer for an amount appearing on his books as a deficiency and known as the deficiency of February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the State of KansasDirect tax, Kansas. fifteen per centum of the amount of her quota of the direct tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on account of the proper costs for assuming the collection of the same, ten thousand seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty cents. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to refund to the suretiesC. H. Davis. of 0. H. Davis, late postmaster at Vernon Springs, Alabama, the amount collected upon a judgment of court in excess of the actual amount due the United States from said postmaster, as appears of record in the ofiice of. the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department, seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and seven cents.
For amount due Enos Richmond for salary and expenses as agentEnos Richmond. of the late Southern Claims Commission, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, two hundred and fifteen dollars and ninety-six cents. WAR DEPARTMENT. To adjust an account for postage on official mail matter furnished byAdjustment of account for postage, etc. the Post-Office Department for the use of the War Department and its bureaus, the appropriation to involve the payment of no money from the Treasury, being for the service of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, ten thousand seven hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty cents. military establishment.
Quartermaster’s Department.—Transportation of the Army, including baggage of the troops when movingTransportation, Army. either by land or water, of clothing, camp and garrison equipage, from the depots of Philadelphia and Jeffersonville to the several posts and Army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horseequipments and of subsistence stores from the place of purchase and from the place of delivery, under contract, to such places as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance stores, and small-arms from the founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and Army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other sea going vessels and boats required for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for dray ago and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance; and for clearing roads and for removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four hundred thousand dollars; and for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, five hundred thousand dollars.
For the payment of Army transportation lawfully due such land-grunt railroadsPayment to land-grant railroads for transportation. as have not received aid in government bonds, to be adjusted by the proper accounting officers in accordance with the decisions 262 of the Supreme Court in cases decided under such land-grant acts, but in no ease shall more than fifty per centum of the full amount of the service be paid, one hundred awl twenty-five thousand dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso.* That such compensation shall be computed upon the basis of the tariff rates for like transportation performed for the public at large, and shall be accepted as in full for all demands for said services: *And provided further*, That any such land-grant roads as shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury their written acceptance of this provision shall hereafter be paid for like services as herein provided: and all accounts of such railroads for services heretofore rendered shall be audited and paid as herein provided upon application of such roads and their acceptance of such sum in full of all claims for such services.
The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause toAgents, Quartermaster’s Department, payment to. be paid, out of any unexpended balance of the appropriation for incidental expenses of the Quartermaster’s Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to twenty agents of the Quartermaster’s Department, employed by Major J. J. Daua, quartermaster. United States Army, the amounts deducted from their salary during the last quarter of said fiscal year, not to exceed four thousand seven hundred dollars. miscellaneous.Miscellaneous.
For support of military prison at Fort Leavenworth:Military prison, Leavenworth, support of. For purchase of subsistence stores for issue to prisoners, three thousand dollars, and for repair of prison buildings, two thousand dollars, being for the service of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two. For the payment to Demott Bishop (carpenter), N. Mayer (blacksmith), Joseph Valentine (engineer), John T. CarrollDemott Bishop, N. Mayer, Joseph Valentine, John T. Carroll, and Charles Schmidt, payment to.
(stonemason), and Charles Schmidt (quarryman), employed in the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for balance of pay due for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred dollars each, one thousand dollars. For the payment of extra-duty pay to enlisted men engaged in theExtra-duty pay to enlisted men. construction, maintenance, and repair of military telegraph lines from July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, nine thousand dollars.
For amount required for payment of Montana volunteers for servicesMontana volunteers. in the war with the Nez Perce Indians in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, as reported by Colonel John Gibbon, of the Seventh Infantry, six thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars. For amount required to pay for supplies lost in the service ofPayment for lost supplies. the United States in the war with the Nez Perce Indians, as reported by Colonel Thomas II. Huger, of the Eighteenth Infantry, commanding the district of Montana, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For amount required to effect a transfer in the settlement of theCharles H. Whittelsey, deceased. accounts of Charles H. Whittelsey, deceased, late a captain in the Thirteenth United States Infantry (sixteen dollars), involving no expenditure of money, he being a creditor to the amount of sixteen dollars under the appropriation for “Magazine for storing gunpowder, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years,” and a debtor to the same amount under the appropriation for “Ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years,” as per certificate of the Second Comptroller numbered nine hundred and thirty-seven, July fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
For payment of amounts for arrears of pay to two and three year volunteersArrears of pay to two and throe year volunteers. who served in the war of the rebellion, which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, up to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. • For payment of amounts for bounty to volunteer soldiers who served inBounty to volunteers, widows, and heirs. the war of tie rebellion, and their widows and legal heirs, which may 263 be certified to be duo by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, up to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For payment of arrears of pay to officers and soldiers of the UnitedArrears of pay. States Army, which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department, up to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and fifty thousand dollar’s. For payment of amounts for additional bounty under the act of JulyAdditional bounty.14 Stat., 322. twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, which may be certified to be due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department up to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, eighty thousand dollars.
To construct a passenger-elevator in the Providence Hospital buildingPassenger-elevator, Providence Hospital. in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, three thousand five hundred dollars. To pay John H. Morgan, as acting sergeant-at-arms of the committeeJohn H. Morgan, payment to. of the Senate required to investigate the Cheyenne Indian raid of eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, twenty day’s service, one hundred and twenty dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT. naval establishmentNavy.
For the following sums for the Navy and bureaus of the Navy Department, namely: For contingent expenses of the Navy, fifteen thousand six hundredContingent expenses. and thirty dollars. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting,Equipment and Recruiting. twelve thousand dollars. For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Navigation, two thousandNavigation. dollars For contingent expenses of the Bureau of Ordnance, one thousand fiveOrdnance. hundred dollars.
For the Bureau of Construction and Repair, seventy five thousandConstruction and Repair. dollars. For the Bureau of Steam Engineering, two handled and twelve thousandSteam Engineering. dollars. For legal expenses incurred by Rear-Admiral John L. Worden John L. Worden.in defending the suit of Bernard Maurice against him for alleged damages caused by the Official acts of said Admiral Worden in the discharge of his duty while superintendent of the Naval Academy in eighteen hundred and seventy two, being on account of the service of the year eighteen hundred and eighty two, seven hundred and fifty dollars.
To complete the measurement of the velocity of light, and to publish drawingsMeasurement of velocity of light, etc. of the apparatus, two thousand dollars. For accrued mileage to naval officers and officers of the Marine Corps underAccrued mileage to Navy officers. the act approved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy six, in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the United States versus Temple, fifty thousand dollars. For accrued longevity pay of officers of the Marine Corps, in accordance Accrued longevity pay to officers of Marine Corps.with the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of the United States versus Tyler, twenty five thousand dollars. marine corps.Marine Corps.
For clothing for the Marine Corps, nineteen thousand six hundred and eightyClothing. one dollars. To meet expenses at the several marine stations, and at the assistantMarine stations, etc. quartermaster’s office, for freight, ferriage, toll, cartage, funeral expenses of marines, stationery, telegraphing, apprehension of deserters, repair of gas and water fixtures, two thousand five hundred dollars. To meet expenses for transportation of troops and of recruiting service,Transportation, etc., and recruiting. three thousand dollars. 264 To pay accounts for forage in kind for the authorized number of officer’s Forage, etc.horses, four thousand three hundred and forty six dollars and four cents.
To pay accounts for forage in kind for the authorized number of officers’ horses from March first to June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty one, six hundred and sixty one dollars and ninety nine cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. For fuel, light, and repairs of heating apparatus for the building occupiedFuel, light, etc. by the Interior Department, one thousand five hundred dollars. For photolithographing or otherwise producingPhotolithographing. plates for the Official Gazette for the year eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand one hundred and seventy eight dollars and fifty cents; for the year eighteen hundred and eighty one, seven hundred and twenty two dollars and fifteen cents.
For current expenses of the commission in the investigation into the habitsRocky Mountain locusts, cotton worm, etc. of the Rocky Mountain locusts, the cotton worm, and other insects injurious to the cotton plant and to agriculture, with a view of ascertaining how best to prevent their injuries, being the amount of unpaid bills of the commission for the year eighteen hundred and eighty one, one thousand and eighty six dollars, • government hospital for the insane. For current expenses of the Government Hospital for the Insane:
For support, clothing, and treatmentSupport of the insane of Army, Navy, etc. in the Government Hospital for the Insane of the insane of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue-Cutter Service, and of all persons who have become insance since their entry into the military or naval service of the United States, and who are indigent, and of the indigent insane from the District of Columbia, twenty thousand seven hundred and ninety two dollars and *Proviso.*fifty one cents: *Provided*, That one fourth of the amount herein appropriated shall be paid from the revenues of said District. freedmen’s hospital and asylum.
For subsistence on account of the Freedmen’s Hospital, three thousand dollars.Freedmen’s Hospital. public land service. To pay the Union Pacific Railroad Company for transportation of instrumentsUnion Pacific Railroad Company. and stationery for the Geological Survey for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, ninety one dollars and sixty five cents. For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the TreasurySurveying the public lands. Department on account of surveying the public lands as follows:
For the year eighteen hundred and eighty one, two thousand and ninety six dollars and twenty two cents. For the year eighteen hundred and eighty, three thousand three hundred and eighty nine dollars and two cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department for contingent expenses of the public-lands service for the year eighteen hundred and eighty, seven hundred and ten dollars and fifty one cents. For salaries and contingent expenses of offices of surveyors-general in Dakota, Louisiana, Arizona? and Nevada for eighteen hundred and eighty one, five hundred and eighty five dollars and three cents.
For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of district land-offices for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, sixty thousand and four dollars and seventy six cents. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers of district land-offices for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, twenty five thousand four hundred and eighty one dollars. 265 For the payment to the heirs of Ely Moore, deceased,Ely Moore, deceased. late register of the land-office at Lecompton, Kansas, for fees and commissions duo him for the.calendar year eighteen hundred and fifty nine, as per letter of the Commissioner of the General Land Office of date May, eighteen hundred and eighty one, four hundred and twenty three dollars and sixty one cents.
To reimburse the city of Burlington, in the State of Iowa, the sumCity of Burlington, Iowa. erroneously deposited by the register and receiver at Des Moines, Iowa, and covered into the Treasury, two hundred and twenty five dollars. To pay’ the American photolithographic company of New York City, the sum of two thousand dollarsAmerican Photo-lithographic Company. which shall be in full of the amount hereby declared due them from the government in final settlement of their claim for reproducing copies of drawings of patents in eighteen hundred and sixty nine and eighteen hundred and seventy to be paid by the Secretary of the Interior indian affairs To pay the Creek Nation of Indians for one hundred and seventy fiveCreek Nation of Indians. thousand acres of laud now occupied by the Seminole Nation, the sum of one hundred and seventy five thousand dollars, as per agreement made in pursuance of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy three, which agreement bears date February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty one, and is now on file in the Department of the Interior; said sum to be immediately available.
To pay indebtedness incurred for the Indian service during the fiscalIndian service. year eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, as follows: For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtednessMaintaining pence among various tribes and bands of Indians. incurred under “Maintaining peace among and with various tribes and bands of Indians,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy, to adjust balances, three thousand three hundred and fifty five dollars and forty eight cents, involving no expenditure of money from the Treasury; ’ ’ For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtednessChippewas of Lake Superior, etc. incurred under “Fulfilling treaty with Chippewas of Lake Superior” and “Contingencies Indian Department,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy four, six hundred and sixty two dollars and sixty two cents;
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtednessIncidental expenses of Indian service, Dakota, etc. incurred under “Incidental expenses of Indian service in Dakota”, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy six, and “Expenses of a general council of Indians in the Indian Territory,” two hundred and twenty four dollars and sixty cents; For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtednessIndian inspectors. incurred under “Traveling expenses of Indian inspectors,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy eight, forty five dollars;
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtednessTelegraphing, purchase and transportation of Indian supplies, etc. incurred under “Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies” and “Transportation of Indian supplies,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy nine, eleven thousand two hundred and seventy eight dollars and seventy three cents; of which sum two thousand three hundred and seven dollars and seventy one cents is appropriated to adjust balances, and involves no expenditure of money from the Treasury;
For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtedness incurred under “Transportation of Indian supplies,” “Fulfilling treaties with Yakamas,” and “Contingencies Indian Department,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, forty eight thousand two hundred and eighty dollar’s and eighty three cents; For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay indebtedness incurred under “Support of Apachs of Arizona and New Mexico,” “Support of Mojave Indians,” “Support of Arapahoes, Chey- 266ennes, Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Wichitas’ “Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies,” and “Transportation of Indian supplies,” for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one, ninety-four thousand three hundred and eighty seven dollars and fifty six cents (of which sum sixty-one thousand three hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty one cents is appropriated to readjust balances, and involves no expenditures of money from the Treasury); in all, one hundred and fifty eight thousand two hundred and thirty five dollars and two cents: *Proviso.**Provided*, That no payments shall be made under the foregoing appropriations for Indian service except upon accounts duly audited.
For transportation of Indian supplies, sixty thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to afford relief to the Kaskaskia, Peoria,Kaskaskia, Peoria, Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians. Wea, and Piankeshaw Indians located at the Quapaw Agency, Indian Territory, he is authorized to advance to their agents, from uninvested fluids in the Treasury to their credit, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to be distributed among said Indians per capita. For the payment of so much of the outstanding indebtedness, principal Kansas Indians.and interest, of the Kansas tribe of Indians, incurred under the stipulations of the fourth article of the treaty of October 12 Stat., 1112.fifteenth, eighteen hundred and fifty nine, as is represented by scrip certificates known as “ Kaw” or “ “Kaw” or “Kansas Indian scrip,” payment of.Kansas Indian scrip,” issued by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to R. 8.
Stevens, for improvements made by him for the benefit of said Kansas Indians under certain contracts executed by and between the United States and the saidR. S. Stevens, now in the possession of and belonging to any person or persons (mechanics and others) who actually performed the labor in the construction of the buildings and other improvements erected under said contracts, and who received the said certificates, in lieu of cash, in payment t herefor, and who shall make satisfactory proof thereof to the Secretary of the Interior, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; *Proviso.**Provided*, That the same shall be taken from funds now in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of said Kansas Indians, derived from the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas, without regard to the preference given to the payment of the expenses of appraisement and sale of said lands.
To reimburse what is commonly known as the “ civilization“Civilization fund, reimbursement of; removal of North Carolina Cherokee Indians. fund,” the amount taken therefrom to defray the expenses of the removal of certain North Carolina Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory during the year eighteen hundred and eighty one, two thousand nine hundred and thirty dollars and fifty cents. This amount, to be expended for the Osage Indians, in accordance Osage Indians.16 Stat., 362.Payment of interest at five per contain per annum.with section twelve of the act approved July fif teenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, being interest at five per centum per annum, as provided for in said act, and by section two of the act approved May ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy two, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, to April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, on the following amounts, being the net avails of Osage trust and diminished-reserve lands sold by the United States prior to January first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, as follows:
On five hundred and thirty five thousand one hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy three cents, from July first eighteen hundred and eighty, to March first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, seventeen thousand eight hundred and thirty seven dollars and twenty five cents; On two million eight hundred and seventy three thousand two hundred and forty eight dollars and ninety nine cents, from March first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, to March first eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred and forty three thousand six hundred and sixty two dollars and forty four cents;
On two million eight hundred and seventy three thousand two hundred and forty eight dollars and ninety nine cents, from March first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, to April twenty fifth, eighteen hun- 267tired and eighty two, twenty one thousand nine hundred and forty eight .dollars and forty three cents On one hundred and eleven thousand and twenty dollars and seventy three cents, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, to April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, four thousand five hundred and forty eight dollars and seventy five cents;
On thirty five thousand six hundred and seventy eight dollars and eighty seven cents, from October first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, to April twenty’fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand and fifteen dollars and eighty five cents; On fifty eight thousand seven hundred and fifty five dollars and fifty two cents, from January first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, to April twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, nine hundred and thirty eight dollars and forty five cents; in all, one hundred and eighty nine thousand nine hundred and fifty one dollars and seventeen cents: *Provided*,*Proviso.* That all expenses incident to the disposition of Osage trust andExpenses of sales, etc., how paid. diminished-reserve lands and Osage ceded lands in Kansas shall be paid by the receivers of public moneys out of the sums realized from the sales thereof, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior; and all sums heretofore paid on account of the disposition of said lands shall be reimbursed the several appropriations out of which the same may have been paid, from the proceeds of the sale of said Osage trust and diminished-reserve lands and Osage ceded lands.
To pay the expenses of the Ute Commission provided for under sectionUte Commission.21 Stat., 202. two of the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand dollars. To pay expenses of the board of Indian Commissioners, namely:Board of Indian Commissioners. For salary of the secretary, two thousand dollars; for salary of messenger, six hundred dollars; for rent of office, four hundred dollars; for contingent expenses of office, two hundred dollars; and for traveling expenses of members, seven hundred dollars; in all, three thousand nine hundred dollars.
To pay James L. Henry, of Asheville, North Carolina, for services asJames L. Henry, attorney, etc. attorney in behalf of the North Carolina Cherokee Indians, in the Payment to.case of Polly Tatham, administratrix of ThomasC. Tatham, deceased, against the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina, one hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of any funds in the Treasury belonging to said Indians. tenth census. For continuation of the work of the tenth census, eighty thousand dollars.Continuation of work of tenth census. miscellaneous.
For the payment of all sums reserved from the vouchers of GeorgeGeorge W. Cook. W. Cook which may be unpaid prior to January first, eighteen hundred andPayment to. eighty, for artificial stone pavement laid’ by him on the Capitol Grounds under contract of September, eighteen hundred and seventy five, four thousand five hundred and thirty dollars and fifty seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Postal service: The following sums retained by postmasters as compensation out ofPayment of commissions, etc., to postmasters. the postal revenues, as shown on their audited quarterly accounts, being lawful commissions on revenue collected, and for the following years:
For eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand seven hundred and twenty three dollars and fifty six cents; for eighteen hundred and eighty one, seven hundred and ninety eight thousand seven hundred and forty two dollars and seventy nine cents; For H. H. Hamlin, late postmaster at Augusta, Maine, for allowance forH. H. Hamlin. clerk-hire, fourth quarter, eighteen hundred and eighty, and first 268 and second quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty one, eight hundred and ninety one dollars and eighty nine cents; .
For foreign-mail transportation for eighteen hundred and eighty one,Transportation of foreign mails. twenty-eight thousand five hundred and twenty five dollars and thirty-nine cents; For advertising for eighteen hundred and eighty one, one thousandAdvertising. three hundred and forty nine dollars and seventy nine cents; For mail-messengers, thirteen thousand and six dollars and ninety Mail-messengers.eight cents; making, in all, eight hundred and forty five thousand two hundred and forty dollars and forty cents, said sums under this and the four foregoing paragraphs to be paid from the postal revenues for the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty and eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
For compensation of postmasters, payable from the postal revenuesCompensation to postmasters. of eighteen hundred and eighty two, one million one hundred and ninety two thousand two hundred and six dollars and eighty eight cents. For inland transportation by railroad routes, payable from the postalInland transportation. revenues of eighteen hundred and eighty two, one million one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. For the transportation of foreign mails, seventy thousand dollars,Foreign mails. payable from the postal revenues.
For wrapping paper, five thousand dollars, payable from the postalWrapping paper. revenues. For contingent expenses, namely: For fuel, two thousand six hundredContingent expenses. and ninety-two dollars and fifty cents; for keeping horses and repairs of wagon, three hundred and forty dollars; in all, three thousand and thirty two dollars and fifty cents. For engraving and printing and binding warrants and drafts, one hundredEngraving, etc. warrants and drafts.1881.Items. and forty four dollars and thirty-five cents.
Items for the year eighteen hundred and eighty one: For compensation to clerks in post-offices, payable from the postal revenues, one thousand six hundred and thirty eight dollars and sixty seven cents. For inland mail-transportation, thirty-two thousand three hundred and fifty six dollars and six cents. For advertising, one hundred and forty four dollars and sixty cents. For mail-messenger service, fifty-three dollars; this and the three foregoing items to be paid from the postal revenues for eighteen huudred and eighty one.
For contingent expenses, namely: For miscellaneous items and for keeping horses, four hundred and fourteen dollars and seven cents. For contingent expenses, namely: For gas and telegraphing, for eighteen hundred and eighty, four hundred and ninety six dollars and fifty seven cents. To pay in full for transferring the foreign mails through the City of Chicago from November first, eighteen hundred and seventy nine, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, six thousand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department o f Justice. For contingent expenses of the department, two thousand seven hundred Contingent expenses.and fifty dollars. To pay the balance due for rent of four floors of the Freedman’s BankRent, of Freedman’s Bank building. Building to and including May thirty first, the date of the transfer of the property to the United States, four thousand five hundred and eighty seven dollars and ninety cents. judicial. To pay the salary of the United States district judge for the WesternDistrict judge, marshal, and attorney western district of Louisiana. district of Louisiana for the year eighteen hundred and eighty two, three thousand five hundred dollars. 269 To pay the salary of the United States district marshal for the western district of Louisiana for the year eighteen hundred and eighty two, two hundred dollars.
To pay the salary of the United States district attorney for the western district of Louisiana for the year eighteen hundred and eighty two, two hundred dollars. for expenses of united states courts.United States courts. For deficiencies for the following years, namely: For the year eighteen hundred and eighty; For fees of district attorneys, twenty five thousand dollars; for fees of clerks, twenty five thousand dollars; for fees of United States marshals, thirty thousand dollars.
For the year eighteen hundred and eighty one: For fees of clerks, twenty five thousand dollars; for fees of United States commissioners, sixteen thousand dollars; for fees of marshals, sixty thousand dollars. For the year eighteen hundred and eighty two: For lees and expenses of United States .marshals, fifty thousand dollars; for fees of district attorneys, twenty five thousand dollars; for fees of clerks, fifty five thousand dollars; for fees of United States commissioners, fifty five thousand dollars; for fees of jurors, twenty thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and eighty-six thousand dollars.
For Territorial courts in Utah, for eighteen hundred and eighty, twoTerritorial courts, Utah. thousand eight hundred and seventy seven dollars and seventy six cents; for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, ten thousand and thirty two dollars and twenty-two cents; in all twelve thousand nine hundred and nine dollars and ninety eight cents. For payment of special deputies at Congressional elections for theSpecial deputies. year eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and twelve thousand six hundred dollars.
To pay judgment and costs in the suit of L. P. Milligan against AlvinSuit L. P Milligan vs. Alvin P. Hovey et al.State asylum, Auburn, N. Y. P. Hovey Et al, eight hundred and two dollars and sixteen cents. To pay to the State asylum for insane criminals at Auburn, New York: For care and support of insane criminals chargeable to the United States Government, three thousand four hundred and twenty three dollars and ninety two cents. That the appropriation of one thousand dollars made by section one21 Stat., 236.Digest of opinions of the Attorneys-Genoral, etc. of the act of June fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, chapter two hundred and twenty five, “ to enable the Attorney-General to employ a competent person to prepare for publication and superintend the printing of a full and complete digest of the opinions of the Attorneys-General contained in volumes one to sixteen, inclusive”, is hereby continued, and said sum may be expended by the Attorney General in such manner, notwithstanding sectionR.
S. 1765, 314. seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, as will in his judgment best effectuate the object of that appropriation. SENATESenate. For clerks to committees and pages, two thousand five hundred dollars.Clerks to Committees, pages. For pay of folders, one hundred and fifty eight dollars.Folders.Miscellaneous items.George B. Edwards. For miscellaneous items, twenty-four thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay George B. Edwards for services as clerk to the special committee appointed to investigate, the affairs of the United States Soldiers’ Home, from January eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to March seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, inclusive, fifty-six days, at six dollars per day, three hundred and thirty-six dollars.
To enable I be Secretary of the Senate to pay the clerk to the CommitteeClerk to Committee on Appropriai ions, payment to. on Appropriations of the Senate the difference between the salary received by him and the amount paid to the clerk to the Commit- 270tee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives for services as clerk to that committee for the fiscal year’s eighteen hundred and eighty and eighteen hundred and eighty-one, such sum as may be necessary is hereby appropriated.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay W. D. Blackford theW. D. Black-ford. difference between the pay received by him as skilled laborer arid that of the assistants in the document room, he having performed the same service from the sixth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty, to the first day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, four hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty-seven cents. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to the messengers inMessenger in office Secretary Senate, his office the difference between their present pay and that of a messenger of the Senate of the United States from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and forty-four dollars each.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Joseph McGuckianJoseph McGuekian. the difference between his pay as special policeman in the office of the Secretary of the Senate 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, he having performed the duties of a messenger during that period. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay George A.
Clarke, messenger toGeorge A. Clarke. the reporters’ room of the Senate, the difference between his present pay and that of a messenger of the Senate of the United States from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and forty dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay George GillelandGeorge Gilleland. an amount equal to the difference between his pay as laborer on the rolls of the Senate and that received by messenger in charge of the reporter’s gallery, which position he was detailed to fill from December fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, inclusive, four hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-five cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay S. H. Colbath S. H. Colbath.the sum of one thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents, the balance of salary due by law to one discharging the duties performed by him as a messenger of the Senate from April first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to May fifth, eighteen hundred and seventynine. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Thomas B. Bailey for services renderedThomas B. Bailey. by him as page in the Senate Chamber from November ninth to December fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay John S. Hickcox ’for services as assistant in folding-room from JulyJohn S. Hickcox. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, inclusive, two hundred and forty dollars, this amount being the difference between the pay he receives and that of assistants in the document-room: *Provided*,*Proviso.* That hereafter no officer or employee of the Senate shall receive pay for any services performed by him at any rate higher than that provided for the office or employment to which he has been regularly appointed.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Daniel O’NeillDaniel O’Neill. for forty-five days’ services as a watchman on the Capitol Police force, one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents. For work on the Capitol and general repair thereof, and for fireproofingCapitol building,. repairs, etc. the rooms adjoining the Hall of the old House of Representatives, two thousand dollars. For payment of expert architects employed under the act of June eighth,Estate of Alexander R.
Esty. eighteen hundred and eighty, for work on additional accommo- 271dations for the Library of Congress, one thousand five hundred dollars, to be paid to the estate of the late Alexander R. Esty. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Charles N. Richards thePayment to Charles N. Richards. difference between the pay of keeper of stationery and assistant keeper of stationery of the United States Senate for the period of time between the first day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty, and the first day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, four’ hundred and fifty-four dollars and ten cents.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. For compensation of members of the House of Representatives and DelegatesCompensation and mileage to Members and Delegates. from the Territories, two hundred and eighty-six dollars and forty-seven cents. For mileage, one thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars and sixty cents. For miscellaneous items of the contingent fund, twenty thousand dollars.Miscellaneous. For newspapers and stationery for members of the House of Representatives,Newspapers and stationery. four thousand five hundred dollars.
For furniture and repairs of the same, four thousand dollars.Furniture, etc. For the completion of the iron shelving, stairway, and file-cases in the file-room connected with the offices of the Clerk of the House, to be expended under the direction of the Architect of the Capitol, two thousand dollars. To pay the legal representatives of the Honorable Fernando WoodFernando Wood, deceased. ten days’ salary due him as a Representative in the Forty-sixth Congress, one bundled and thirty-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents.
To enable the Clerk of the House to pay the following named persons:J. R. Fisher, Edwin Este, H. C. Acton, W. Kilgour. To pay J. R. Fisher, two hundred dollars; Edwin Este, two hundred dollars; H. C. Acton, one hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty-eight cents; and to W. Kilgour, eighty-six dollars and twelve cents; being amounts due them for services as annual messengers in the post-office of the House of Representatives during the Forty-fifth Congress. To pay Edward F. Riggs as assistant clerk in the stationery-room fromEdward F.
Riggs. March fifth, to April fifth, inclusive, and from October first to December nineteenth, inclusive, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, in all one hundred and twelve days, at two dollars and forty cents per day, being the difference in the rate of pay as a page and ¡is assistant clerk, two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty cents. To pay C. C. Smith, assistant clerk to the Committee on appropriations,C. C. Smith. from February tenth to April ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and six dollars and thirty cents.
To pay Charles F. Rainey for nineteen days’ service in the Sergeant-at-ArmsCharles F. Rainey. office in December, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, ninety-five dollars. To pay Frederic W. Stiegleman, being the difference between hisFrederic W. Stiegleman. salary at one thousand dollars and that of a messenger at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from January first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one hundred dollars; but this appropriation shall not be construed as an increase of said salary.
To pay Joel Grayson balance due him for services as assistantJoel Grayson. file-clerk from the fifth to the nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per diem, fifty dollars and forty cents. To pay J. B. Holloway, for services as assistant clerk to the CommitteeJ. B. Holloway. on War-Claims, balance of salary due him from July second, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, inclusive, nine hundred and twelve dollars.
To pay James M. Hall, laborer in House water-closet, for service inJames M. Hall. eighteen hundred and seventy-eight as laborer under the Doorkeeper, 272 balance due him under resolution offered in the House January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred and seventy-four dollars. To pay F. W. Lynn, as messenger of the House of Representatives,F. W. Lynn. one hundred and twenty-eight dollars, balance due him for services from December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to February first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
To pay John P. Maloney for servicesJohn P. Maloney. as messenger to the official reporters of debates from December fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one to February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at the rate of one thousand dollars per annum, two hundred and twenty dollars and sixty-five cents. To pay J. S. Jones the difference between the amount receivedJ. S. Jones. by him as messenger to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives during the Forty-sixth Congress and one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, four hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
To pay Henry H. Smith journal clerk of the House of Representatives,Henry H. Smith. for extra services rendered and as reimbursement. for money expended by him in compiling and indexing questions of order, decided in the House of Representatives, under the resolution of August fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and the revision thereof for the present session five hundred dollars. To pay John B. Trainer, for services as messenger in the House ofJohn B. Trainer. Representatives during the years eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents.
To pay Frank L. Donnelly, for services as page in the HouseFrank L. Donnelly. of Representatives at the extra session and regular session of the Forty-fifth Congress, ninety-two dollars and fifty cents. To pay C. W. Coombs, department messengerC. W. Coombs. of the House of Representatives for services from January tenth to April sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, at one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
To pay George W. Julian expenses of contest with John S. Reid for seat George W. Julian, eon tested election.in the House of Representatives, Forty-first Congress, two thousand dollars. To pay Leonard Myers expenses incurred by him as per vouchers for the sameLeonard Myers, contested election. in contesting the seat of John Moffitt in the Forty-first Congress, one thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twenty-three cents. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. For current work of repairs .of streets, alleys, and county roads, labor,Repairs of streets, alleys, etc. cart-hire, materials, and miscellaneous items, two thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars and seventy-six cents; for judicial expenses, twenty-five dollars and eighty cents; for executive office, one dollar and twenty-seven cents; in all, two thousand fivehundred and eleven 1879.dollars and eighty-three cents, being for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.
For fire department; repairs to engine-houses, sixteen dollars andFire Department, etc. thirty-eight cents; for metropolitan police, contingent expenses, forty-five dollars and forty cents; for executive office, contingent expenses, eighteen dollars and seventy cents; for current work of repairs to streets, alleys, and county roads, three hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-one cents; in all, four hundred dollars and nine cents; being for the year eighteen hundred and eighty.
For repairs to school buildings and fuel for schools, one honored1880.Repairs to school buildings, etc. and eighty-two dollars and thirty-six cents; for fire department, contingent expenses, seven hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety-four cents; for Metropolitan police, contingent expenses, five hundred and eighty- 273six dollars and thirty-four cents; for health department, contingent expenses, one hundred and forty-three dollars; for printing annual report of Commissioners, one thousand six hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eleven cents; for transportation of paupers, seven dollars and ninety five cents; for work on sundry streets, and replacement of pavements, five hundred and thirty-three dollars and nineteen cents; being1881. for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
For public schools: For salaries of teachers, eight thousand dollars;Public schools, teachers, etc. for contingent expenses, five thousand dollars; for repairs to school-buildings, three thousand dollars; for fuel, five thousand dollars; for steam-heating and ventilating the Webster and Gales school-buildings, the work to be done under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol and the District inspector of buildings, ten thousand dollars; for furniture for the High, Webster, and Gales school-buildings, ten thousand dollars; for inclosing and improving grounds at Henry, Garnet, Webster, and Gales schools, two thousand dollars; for four extra brick ventilating-shafts at High School building, one thousand five hundred dollars; for two extra brick ventilating-shafts for Tenth and H streets school building, seven hundred and fifty dollars; for two extra brick ventilating-shafts for First street and Massachusetts avenue school building, seven hundred and fifty dollars; for completing water closets, and ventilation thereof in school-buildings, one thousand dollars. • To enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay toPayment to janitors of certain school buildings. the janitors of the Franklin, Sumner, Jefferson, Seaton, Curtis, Randall, Abbott, and John F.
Cook school-buildings the amounts withheld from the pay of said janitors on account of quarters in said buildings during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, from which quarters they were removed for sanitary reasons after the appropriations for said year had been made, one thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For gas-saving governors in District buildings, five hundred dollars.Gas-saving governors.Fire department.Washington Asylum.
For fire department: For forage, fuel, repairs to apparatus, and contingent expenses, three thousand eight hundred dollars. For Washington Asylum: For contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. For Metropolitan police: For miscellaneous and contingent expenses,Police. such as stationery, books, telegraphing, printing, gas, ice, washing, meals for prisoners, repairs to van, livery, forage, and suppression and detection of crime, one thousand two hundred and twenty-four dollars For miscellaneous expenses, such as books for register of wills, printingMiscellaneous and contingent expenses. checks, damages, and miscellaneous expenses, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For salaries and contingent expenses of assessor’s office, one thousand dollars. For Reform School: For groceries, two hundred dollars; flour, threeReform School. hundred and fifty dollars; meat, six hundred dollars; dry-goods,seven hundred and fifty dollars; gas, seventy-five dollars; hardware, tableware, and wooden-ware, two hundred dollars, furniture, five hundred dollars; medicines and medical supplies, one hundred dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and seventy-five dollars; making a total for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two of sixty-six thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars.
For the health department: For rent of building, one hundredHealth Department. and thirty dollars; for forage for three horses, one hundred dollars; for printing, one hundred and forty dollars; for telephonic service, one hundred and twenty dollars; in all, four hundred and ninety dollars. To pay J. W. Reynolds, temporary clerk in the office of the assessorJ. W. Reynolds. of the District of Columbia, for services rendered in January and February, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one hundred and fiftv dollars: 274 *Provided*, That one-half of the foregoing sums for the government of the*Proviso.*One-half appropriations paid from revenues of district. of Columbia.Boundary-street sower.
District of Columbia shall be paid from the revenues of the said District. For the purpose of enabling the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to complete the investment of the ten-per centum retained under the contract for the construction of (he first section of the Boundary-street sewer, a sufficient sum is hereby transferred from the money paid into the Treasury for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and made applicable to the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and to enable the Commissioners to meet liabilities incurred under the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one entitled 21 Stat., 458.“An act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and for other purposes”, so much of the unexpended balance now remaining to the credit of the district for the year, eighteen hundred and eighty-one as is not required to meet outstanding liabilities is hereby transferred and made applicable to the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
And the unexpended balances of appropriations for the District for the years ending June, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and Transfer and re-appropriation of appropriations.seventy-nine and June, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, are hereby re-appropriated for the purpose of paying legal obligations incurred during the said fiscal years. *Proviso.*Deficiency in collection of taxes.*And. provided further*, That in consideration of a deficiency in the collection of taxes for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the sum of fifty thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary of the District revenue from taxes for the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three may be credited and applied to meet liabilities of the District, the same as if collected during the year ending June thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two.
MISCELLANEOUS.Miscellaneous. That the sum of six hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-eightWilliam H. Greenleaf. cents be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay William H. Greenleaf the amount due him as *Proviso.*receiver of public moneys at Benson, Minnesota: *Provided*, That of this sum four hundred arid eight dollars and fifty-eight cents shall be credited to him on his accounts as receiver, and so forth, for the sale of Sioux Indian lands, and the remainder paid to him, the same being to his credit on the books of the Treasury Department.
To pay Thomas J. Hobbs for disbursing the appropriations for theThomas J. Hobbs. construction of the National Museum Building, under appointment of the Secretary of the Treasury of March twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred and fifty dollars, in full satisfaction therefor. To pay John S. Williams, of the General Land Office, for extra servicesJohn S. Williams. in compiling and supervising the Biennial Register*Proviso.* for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two-hundred dollars: *Provided*, That hereafter no extra compensation shall be allowed any officer or clerk of the Interior Department for compiling the Biennial Register.
To pay General M. C. Meigs for expenses incurred for drawings and advertisingM. C. Meigs. under the provision of the sundry civil act for eighteen hundred and eighty-two relating to a new pension-office building, three hundred and six dollars and nineteen cents. To complete the reconstruction of the salmon-hatching establishmentSalmon-hatching establishment, McCloud River, Cal. on the McCloud River, California, five thousand and one dollars and forty-five cents. Sec. 2. —That for the payment of claims certified to be due by the several accountingPayment of claims certified by accounting officers of the Treasury,18 Stat., 110. 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 275 eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, and which have beenClaims, etc., certified to Congress.20 Stat., 130. certified to Congress under section four of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Twenty-six, Forty-seventh Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER. state department.Department of State. For foreign intercourse as follows: For contingent expenses of UnitedUnited States consulates. States consulates for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prioryears, two hundred and thirty dollars. For salaries in the consular service for same period, six hundred andConsular service seventy-three dollars and forty-seven cents. For relief and protection of American seamen for same period, twoAmerican seamen abroad. hundred and fifty-one dollars and sixty-live cents. treasury department.Treasury Department.
For internal revenue as follows: For redemption of stamps prior to JulyRedemption of stamps first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, nine thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and seventy-six cents. For allowance or drawback for same period nine hundred and twentyDrawback. dollars and ninety-eight cents. For refunding taxes illegally collected for same period, elevenRefund of taxes. thousand and seventy-five dollars and five cents. For punishment for violation of internal revenue laws for same period,Violation of internal-revenue laws. three hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-three cents.
For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue for eighteenAssessments, etc., of revenues. hundred and seventy-five and prior years, six hundred and, fifty-three dollars and fifty-six cents. For salaries and expenses of supervisors and subordinate officers ofSupervisors, etc. internal revenue for eighteen hundred and seventy-seven and prioryears, seven hundred and fifty dollars and twenty-two cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internalAgents. revenue for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prioryears, four hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents.
For mints and assay-offices, all being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred Mints and assay-offices:and seventy-nine and prior years, as follows: For contingent expenses of the mint at Carson, one hundred and fifty dollarsCarson. and nineteen cents. For contingent expenses of the mint at San Francisco, seven hundred and eighty-sixSan Francisco. dollars and seventy-one cents. For contingent expenses of the assay-office at Helena, thirty-six dollarsHelena. and twenty-five cents.
For freight on bullion for the mint at Philadelphia, three thousand two hundredPhiladelphia. and eighty-six dollars and four cents. For miscellaneous expenses, all being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, as follows: For contingent expenses of independent treasury two hundred and fifty-threeIndependent treasury. dollars and nine cents. For building for Bureau of Engraving and Printing, eight hundred and ninety-eight dollars. For propagation of food-fishes, twenty-three dollars and eighty cents.Bureau of Engraving and Printing.Food-fishes.Refund excess of duty to national-banking associations.Steamboat inspection.
For refunding to national-banking associations excess of duty prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, one thousand four hundred and one dollars and sixty-five cents. For contingent expenses of steamboat-inspection service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eleven dollars and seventy-five cents. 276 For redemption of five-twenties of eighteen hundred and sixty-two,Redemption five-twenties of 1862. seven hundred and twelve dollars and forty-seven cents.
To enable the accounting officers of the Treasury to make the necessaryCorrection of error on books of Treasury, etc. entries on the books of the department to correct an error in the redemption account of the public debt caused by the erroneous payment, under direction of the First Comptroller, dated January eighteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, of the principal and interest of coupon bond numbered seventeen hundred and sixteen, first series, issued under act of February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, to Hamilton B.
Russell, administrator estate of Mary McDonald, deceased.Handlton B. Russell, administrator of the estate of Mary McDonald, deceased, by fraudulent statements and affidavits of himself and others asserting the destruction of said bond. interior department.Interior Department. For fuel and lights in the Department of the Interior for eighteen hundredFuel and lights. and seventy-seven and prior years, ninety-four dollars and fifty cents. For contingent expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the InteriorContingent expenses office of Secretary.Surveying public and private lands. for same period, thirty-six dollars.
For surveying public and private lands for eighteen hundred and seventy nine and prior years, two hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-five cents. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers for same Registers and receivers.period, four hundred and eighty-two dollars and twenty-four cents. For five, three, and two per centum fundFive, three, And two per centum funds to the States of Minnesota and Nebraska. to States prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine:
To the State of Minnesota, thirty-seven thousand two hundred and thirty-three dollars and fifty seven cents; to the State of Nebraska, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-seven cents; in all, thirty-nine thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-four cents. For commission to report upon the depredations of Rocky Mountain locusts,Rocky Mountain locusts. for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For protection and improvement of Yellowstone National Park, for sameYellowstone National Park. period, one hundred and fifty five dollars. department of justice—judicial.Judicial. For expenses of United States courts for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine United States courts.and prior years, fifty-four thousand seven hundred and eleven dollars and ninety-six cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah for same period, two hundred andTerritorial courts, Utah. three.dollars and fifty cents.
For fees of supervisors of elections prior to July first, eighteen hundredSupervisors o f elections. and seventy-nine, two hundred and forty dollars. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS. For collecting the revenue from customs prior to July first, eighteen Revenue from customs.hundred and seventy-nine, ninety thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighty-three cents. For customhouse, courthouse, and post office at Evansville, Indiana, onePublic building, Evansville, Ind. dollar and twelve cents.
For compensation in lieu of moieties for eighteen hundred and seventy-nineCompensation in lieu of moieties. and prior years, sixty dollars and fifteen cents. For expenses of Revenue Cutter Service for eighteen hundred and seventy-nineRevenue Cutter Service. and prior years, five dollars and fifty cents. For Marine Hospital Service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine,Marine Hospital Service. six dollars and seventeen cents. For supplies for light houses for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years,Light-house supplies. five hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-nine cents. 277 For salaries and traveling expenses , of agents at seal fisheries inAgents at seal fisheries.
Alaska for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and fifty five dollars. For expenses of light-vessels for eighteen hundred and seventy-nineLight-vessels. and prior years, seven dollars and ninety-two cents. For steam-tender for the fourth district, seven dollars and ninety-twoSteam-tender, fourth district. cents. For Fowey Hocks light-station, Florida, four dollars.Fowey Rocks light-station. For Life-saving Service for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, two hundred and eighty-three dollars and eighty-seven cents.
For depot for thirteenth Light-house district, five dollars and sixty-twoThirteenth Light-house district. cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings for eighteen hundred andFuel, lights, etc., for public buildings. seventy-nine and prior years, one hundred and ten dollars and eighty-two cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department. For pay of volunteers (Mexican war) for eighteen hundred and seventy-one Mexican war volunteers.and prior years, two hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-three cents.
For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers), under Colonel Fremont, for Mounted volunteer riflemen.eighteen hundred and forty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and prior years, one hundred and one dollars and sixty-six cents. For traveling expenses of First-Michigan Cavalry prior to July first, First Michigan Cavalry.eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, three hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty-four cents. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers prior toCalifornia and Nevada volunteers.
July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, one hundred and fifty-five dollars and twelve cents. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers in eighteenCollecting, drilling, etc., volunteers. hundred and seventy-one and prior years, three dollars and twelve cents. For draft and substitute fund for eighteen hundred and seventy-one andDraft and substitute fund. prior years, two dollars and seventy-nine cents. For allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law prior to July first,Wages, etc., under eight-hour law. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, thirty dollars and fifty-six cents.
For contingencies of the Army for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine andContingencies, Army. prior years, two thousand two hundred and seventy-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. For contingencies of the Army for same period, to pay the judgment, including Royal E. Whitman.costs and interest rendered against Lieutenant Royal E. Whitman, Third Cavalry, in the United States court in Nebraska, in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, two hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty cents For medical and hospital department for same period, one thousand, twoMedical and Hospital department. hundred and five dollars and ninety-six cents.
For expenses of recruiting for same period, ninety-three dollars andRecruiting. forty-three cents. For expenses of recruiting for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, six hundred and forty-one dollars and three cents INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Interior Department. For pay of superintendent in Dakota for eighteen hundred and seventy-eightSuperintendent, Dakota. and prior years, forty-four dollars and forty four cents. For pay of Indian agents for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine andIndian agents. 278 prior years, two thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars and seventy-one cents.
For pay of interpreters for same period, thirty-four dollars andInterpreters. twenty cents. For traveling expenses of Indian inspectors for same period, sevenInspectors. hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. For contingencies of the Indian Department for same period, twoContingencies, Indian Department.Indian commissioners. thousand two hundred and six dollars and six cents. For expenses of Indian commissioners for same period, six hundred and ninety dollars. For support of Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico for same period, two hundred Apache Indians, Arizona and New Mexico.Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans.Chippewas, Pillager, and Lake Winnebago s h i s b bauds.Chippowas of Bed Lake, etc.and twenty-one dollars and eighty-one cents.
For support of Blackfeet, Bloods, and Piegans for same period, twenty-five dollars and twenty cents. For support of Chippewas, Pillager, and Lake Winnebagoshish bands for same period, five hundred and fifteen dollars and eleven cents. For support of Chippewas of Bed Lake and Pembina for same period, fifty three dollars and seventeen cents. For support of Flatbeads and other confederated tribes, for same period, thirteen dollars Flatheads, etc.and fifty cents. For support of Mixed Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters forMixed Shoshones, Bannocks, and Sheepeaters.Navajoes. same period, three hundred and forty-one dollar’s and fifty-five cents For support of Navajoes for same period, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents.
For support of Poncas for same period, four dollars and fifty cents.Poncas.Crows. For support of Crows for same period, four hundred dollars and seventy-five cents. For support of Pawnees for same period, six hundred and eighty-one dollars Pawnees.and forty-three cents. For support of schools not otherwise provided for, for same period, one hundredSchools. and twenty-five dollars. For support of Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux of Sioux.Nebraska, for same period, eight thousand four hundred and twenty dollars and twenty-two cents.
For support of Tabequache, Muache, Capote, Weeminuche, Yampa, Tabequache, Muache, Capote, etc.Grand River, and Uintah bands of Utes for same period, three thousand four hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents. For support of Shoshones and Bannocks for same period, eight thousand twoShoshones and Bannocks. hundred and four dollars and one cent. For support of Utahs, Tabequache band, for same period, seventy-one dollarsUtahs.Incidental expenses of Indian service in Arizona, California, Dakota, Idaho, Nevada, etc. and sixty-six cents.
For incidental expenses of the Indian service in eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as follows: in Arizona, one thousand and eighty-seven dollarsand thirteen cents; in California, eight hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-one cents; in Dakota, sixty-nine dollars and five cents; in Idaho two hundred and twenty-four dollars and forty-four cents; in Nevada, three thousand four hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirteen cents; in New Mexico, ninety-two dollars and ninety-six cents; in Oregon, one thousand seven hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty-three cents; in Utah, seven hundred and seventy-nine dollars and twenty-two cents; in Washington Territory, five hundred and sixty dollars.
For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies for same period,Telegraphing, etc. three hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-five cents. For transportation of Indian supplies for same period, three thousand nine hundred and forty-four dollars and forty-eight cents. In Nevada for eighteen hundred and eighty, forty-six dollars and fifty cents. For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies for eighteen hun- 279dred and eighty-one, three hundred and nineteen dollars and sixty-five cents.
For contingencies of the Indian Department for eighteen hundred and eighty, oneContingent expenses Indian Department. thousand six hundred and seventy dollars and forty-four cents. For contingencies of the Indian Department for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, three hundred and thirty-six dollars and twenty cents. In California, for incidental expenses of the Indian service for eighteen hundred and eighty, seventy-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; and in Colorado, twenty-one dollars and fifty-nine cents For transportation of Indian supplies for eighteen hundred and eighty, five thousand five hundred and eighty-six dollars and twenty-six cents.
For maintaining peace among and with the various tribes and bands of Indians for eighteen hundred and seventy-three and prior years, one thousand two hundred and five dollars and seventy-eight cents. To reimburse the State of Nebraska for expenses incurred in repellingReimbursement to State of Nebraska. Indian hostilities under settlement made by the Second Comptroller March eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, four thousand one hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy eight cents.
Fulfilling treaty with Flatheads and other confederated tribes, eighteenFlatheads. hundred and seventy three and prior years: To pay balance found due by the accounting officers to Charles S. Jones,Charles S. Jones. late Indian agent, on settlement of his accounts, seven hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty-two cents, as per letter of the Secretary of the Treasury of June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department.
For barracks and quarters for eighteen hundred and seventy-eight and prior years: To pay two claims, each numbered ninety nine hundred and seventy-two, one to John W. Twiggs, one thousand two hundredJohn W. Twiggs. and forty-one dollars and eighty cents, the other to Marion TwiggsMarion Twiggs Myers. Myers, two thousand and twenty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, as per House Executive Document Number Thirty, Forty-sixth Congress, third session. For regular supplies of Quartermaster’s Department for eighteen hundredSupplies. and seventy-nine and prior years, two thousand eight hundred and three dollars and sixty-one cents.
For Army transportation for same period, one hundred and twenty-five Transportation, Army.thousand five hundred and ninety-three dollars and eighty-seven cents. For incidental expenses of Quartermaster’s Department, for same period, two thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars and nine cents.- For barracks and quarters for same period, three hundred and ninety-sevenBarracks. dollars and forty-three cents. For horses for cavalry and artillery for same period, four thousandHorses. and ninety-nine dollars.
For clothing and camp and garrison equipage for same period,Clothing, etc. one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and seventy-one cents. For national cemeteries for same period, one hundred and seventyNational cemeteries. dollars and forty-five cents, For subsistence of the Army for same period, one thousand six hundred Subsistence, Army.and sixty dollars and ninety-one cents. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States priorCommutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, etc. to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twelve thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and fifty cents; and of this amount on the claim numbered sixty thousand one hundred and seventy-two, for fifty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents, twenty-seven dollars and seventy five dents only is to be paid the claimant, and the balance, thirty-two 280 dollars, shall be applied to a charge against him on the books of the Second Auditor.
For transportation of officers and their baggage for eighteen hundredTransportation of officers, etc. and seventy-one and prior years, one hundred and three dollars and ten cents. For barracks and quarters for eighteen hundred and eighty-one, sixBarracks, etc. hundred and forty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and washington volunteersOregon and Washington volunteers. for eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, anti prior years, two thousand five hundred and one dollars and eig!»tyoue cents.
For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July Horses, etc., lost.first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, fifty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-four dollars and three cents. For twenty per centum additional compensation Additional compensation.prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, two hundred and twenty-five dollars and seventy-three cents. To refund to the State of Missouri payments made to officers and privatesRefund of moneys to the States, etc. of the militia forces of that State for military services actually performed in the suppression of the rebellion, two hundred and thirty-four thousand five hundred and ninety four dollars and ten cents.
For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers, as follows: To the State of Ohio, sixty-seven thousand six hundred and seventy-four dollars and ninety-eight cents; to the State of Pennsylvania, ninety-four thousand five hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifteen cents; to the State of Kentucky, thirty-six thousand two hundred and eleven dollars and eighty-one cents; to the State of New York, eighty-three thousand three hundred and forty-four dollars and thirty-five cents; to the State of Connecticut, fifteen thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents; in all, two hundred and ninety-seven thousand and forty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents.
To the State of Kansas (claim allowed on the eighteenth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-one), eight thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty-seven cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR.Navy Department, For the pay of the Navy prior to July first, eighteen hundred andPay. seventy-nine, twenty thousand three hundred and forty-three dollars and seventy-eight cents. For pay of the Marine Corps for same period, three hundred and fifty-two dollars and ninety-five cents.
For contingent of the Marine Corps for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and Contingent.prior years, thirty-one dollars. For enlistment bounties to seamen prior to July first, eighteen hundredBounties. and seventy-nine, two thousand five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighteen cents. For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, six hundred and six dollars and forty-two cents. For indemnity for lost clothing for same period, eight hundred and twenty Lost clothing.dollars and eighty-three cents.
For Bureau of Provisions and Clothing for eighteen hundred and seventy-nineProvisions and clothing. and prior years, one thousand and eighty-three dollars and forty-seven cents, and for eighteen hundred and eighty, twenty-one dollars and sixty cents. For contingent Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting for eighteen hundred andEquipment and recruiting. seventy-nine and prior years, two hundred and seventy-nine dollars and ninety cents. For pay miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and priorMiscellaneous. years, twenty-five dollars and sixty eight cents. 281 For allowance for reduction of wages under eight-hour law prior to July first,Wages under eight-hour law. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty-two dollars.
For Bureau of Construction and Repair, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine andConstruction and Repair. prioryears, two dollars and twenty-five cents For maintenance Yards and Docks for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine andYards and Docks prior years, thirty-three dollars. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. For deficiency in postal revenues for eighteen hundred and seventy-nineDeficiency in revenues. and prior years, to pay certificates numbered one hundred and five to one hundred and thirty-six, both inclusive, five thousand nine hundred and ninety-six dollars and two cents.
For deficiency in postal revenues for same period, to pay E. T. Fox, N. N. E. T. Fox, N. N. Betts, C. M. Manville, sureties, etc.20 Stat., 130.Betts, and C. M. Manville, sureties of S. W. Alvord, late postmaster at Towanda, Pennsylvania, two hundred and twenty-five dollars. Sec. 3. —That for the payment of the following supplemental list of claims, which are fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Two hundred and two, Forty-seventh Congress, first session, and are allowed by, the accounting officers of the Treasury under the fourth section of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, since January fourteenth eighteen hundred and seventy-two, transmitted by letter of Secretary of the Treasury of May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, there be appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER. legislative.Legislative. For improving Botanic Garden, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, nine dollars and Botanic Garden.thirty-two cents. treasury department.Treasury. For internal revenue as follows: For refunding taxes illegally collected priorRefund of taxes, etc. to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, five thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents. For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, eighteenAssessing and collecting internal revenue. hundred and seventy-five and prior years, three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and twelve cents.
For salaries and expenses of collector’s of internal revenue, eighteenSalaries, etc., collect rs and agents. hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, same period, eleven dollars and thirty-five cents. For miscellaneous expenses as follows: For contingent expensesMiscellaneous. of the ’Treasury Department, freight, telegrams, and so forth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, thirty-one dollars and eleven cents.
For vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings, same period, sevenVaults, safes, etc. dollars and eighty cents. interior department.Interior. For surveying public and private lands, eighteen hundred and seventy-nineSurvey of public and private lands. and prior years, one hundred and twenty-four dollars and sixty-seven cents. department of justice—judicial.Judicial. For expenses of United States courts, same period, three thousandUnited States courts. nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and seventy cents.
For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, same period, five hundredTerritorial courts, Utah. and fifty-five dollars and fifty-one cents 282 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS. For collecting the revenue from customs prior to July first, eighteenRevenue from customs. hundred and seventy-nine, three, thousand two hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-one cents; For Life-saving Service, contingent expenses, forty-two dollars and twenty-oneLife-Saving Service.Public buildings. cents;
For repairs and preservation of public buildings, one hundred and fifty-six dollars and twenty-four cents; For supplies of Light-houses, thirty-eight dollars and forty cents;Light-House supplies.Light-vessels.Buoyage. For expenses of light-vessels, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents; For expenses of buoyage, forty-three dollars and twenty-cents; all being for eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY SECOMD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER. For pay of two and three year volunteers, eighteen hundred andTwo and three year volunteers. seventy-one and prior years, three thousand nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty cents.
For pay of the Army, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years,Pay, Army. four hundred and thirty-four dollars and eighty cents. For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, eighteenBounty to volunteers, etc. hundred and seventy-one and prior years, fourteen thousand four bun dred and twenty-seven dollars, and eighty-eight cents. For draft and substitute fund, same period, five dollars and fifty-eight Draft and substitute fund.cents. For expenses of recruiting, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and priorRecruiting. years, ninety-nine dollars and thirty-two cents.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and so forth, same period, four hundredOrdnance, ordinance stores. and fifty-two dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior. For pay of Indian agents, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine andIndian agents. prior years, four hundred and ninety-two dollars and ninety-seven cents. For contingencies of Indian Department, eighteen hundred and Contingencies, Indian Department.Incidental expenses, Arizona and Nevada.seventy-nine and prior years, forty-six dollars.
For incidental expenses of the Indian service in Arizona, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, one hundred and eighty dollars. For incidental expenses of the Indian service in Nevada, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, eighty-three dollars and forty cents. For support of Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico, eighteen hundred andApaches of Ariz o n a and New Mexico. seventy-nine and prior years, one thousand two hundred and eighty dollars and eighty-nine cents.
For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundredTelegraphing and purchase of supplies. and eighty-one, thirty-nine dollars. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundredQuartermaster’s Department.Regular supplies, transportation, incidental expenses, and barracks, etc. and eighty, eighty-two dollars and fifty cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, seven hundred and five dollars and eighty cents.
For transportation of the Army and its supplies, same period, nineteen thousand three hundred and ninety-one dollars and forty-three cents. 283 For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Departments same period, seven hundred and forty-four dollars and twenty-four cents. For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, one hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-eight cents For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, three thousand two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and nine cents For horses for cavalry and artillery, same period, two hundred dollars.Horses.
For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, same period, two dollars Clothing, etc.and forty-one cents. For observation and report of storms, same period, two hundred and forty-sevenReport of storms. dollars and sixteen cents. For subsistence of the Army, same period, three hundred and forty-six dollars Subsistence.and twenty-one cents. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, priorCommutation of rations, etc. to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, six thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and seventy five cents.
For horses and other property lost in the military service, for same Horses, etc., lost.period, fifteen thousand four hundred and eighty-two dollarsand sixty-nine cents. For Army pensions eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, fiveArmy pensions. hundred dollars and ninety cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER. For pay of the Navy prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight,Navy.Pay. twenty thousand seven hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-nine cents.
For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents. For pay of the Marine Corps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, seven hundred and twenty-four dollars and forty-five cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, same period, nine hundred andBounties. sixty dollars and sixty-one cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, same period, five hundred and forty-two dollars and thirty cents.
For indemnity for lost clothing, same period, one hundred and twenty dollars.Lost clothing. For allowance for the reduction of wages under eight-hour law, same Wages under eight-hour law.period, forty-one dollars and ninety one cents. For gratuity to seamen, same period, one hundred dollars.Gratuity to seamen.Contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting. For contingent Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, thirty-four dollars and fifty-nine cents.
For provisions for Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteenProvisions. hundred and eighty, ninety dollars and ubiety cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR. For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and seventy-nineDeficiency, postal revenues. and prior years, to pay certificates numbered oue hundred and thirty-nine, one hundred and-forty, and one hundred and forty-one, for mail transportation and mail messengers, three hundred and seventy four dollars and ten cents.
Sec. 4. —That the United States pension agent for paying pensions at Detroit, Michigan,Duplicate for lost check to John B. Jarse. be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to issue to John B. Jarse of the village and county of Newago, in the State of Michigan, a duplicate of his check for one thousand four hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixty cents, dated November fifteenth, anno 284 FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 390, 391. 1,882. Domini eighteen hundred and eighty, and payable to the order of said John B.
Jarse, after said Jarse shall furnish to said pension agent sufficient*Proviso.* proof of the loss or non-payment of said check: *Provided*, That said John B. Jarse R. S. 3646, 717.execute and deliver to said pension agent a bond with sureties, as required by section thirty-six hundred and forty-six of the Revised Statutes. Sec. 5. —To pay J. J. McElhone, chief of the corps of official reportersJ. J. McElhone. of the House of Representatives, for extra services and for clerk-hire paid out by him, one D.
F. Murphy.thousand dollars, for the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress, and to pay D. F. Murphy, official reporter of the Senate, for extra services and for clerk-hire paid out by him, one thousand dollars, for the first session of the Forty-seventh Congress. Sec. 6. —That in all eases in this act where the year for the use ofMeaningofterms used in this act. the appropriation made is stated, for instance, the year “eighteen hundred and eighty-one,” it is intended to indicate the .year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, and the same with any other year stated, it in all cases indicates the fiscal year.
In all cases where no year is indicated it is understood that the appropriation is for the year ending Juno thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty-two, for which deficiencies this act is principally intended. Sec. 6. —That a board of audit consisting of the First and SecondBoard of audit for the settlement and award of claims growing out of illness and burial of late President, James A. Garfield. Comptrollers of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the United States, is hereby constituted, to whom shall be referred all claims and the determination of all just and reasonable allowances to be made growing out of the illness and burial of the late President, James A.
Garfield; that the said board shall hear, and examine, and determine all questions Award to be final and full compensation.arising out of said claims and proposed allowances, and shall make au award in each case for services rendered, or supplies furnished, which, when received, shall be taken in full compensation of all demand whatsoever; that said board of audit shall issue a certificate, signed by each member of said board, setting forth the amount awarded to each person, and on account of what services rendered, or supplies furnished, and shall transmit said certificate to the Appropriation.Secretary of the Treasury, who shall cause to be paid to the several persons named therein, or their legal representatives, the amount so certified; and to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay said awards the sum of fifty seven thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated; and of this amount not more than thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars in all shall be certified and paid for medical services and attendance; and in making said awards it shall be lawful for said board to make allowances to employees of the government for extra services in amounts not exceeding three months of their current pay: *Provided*, That no claim shall be considered *Provisos.*and no allowance shall be made by said board on or after January first, eighteen hundred and eighty tliree: *And provided further*, Awards limited to appropriation.That the aggregate amount of awards made by said board shall not exceed the amount hereby appropriated: *And provided further*, That no claim shall be considered under thisRelease under seal of all claims, etc., to be filed. section unless the person filing the same shall file a release under seal of all claims against the representatives of the late President growing out Of said illness and burial.
Approved, August 5, 1882.
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