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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 23 STAT. · July 7, 1884 · Chapter 334

Chapter 334. making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, 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. 334.— An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, 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.July 7, 1884. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiency appropriations, 1884, and for prior years, and under section four, act of June 14, 1878.Department of State.Stationery, furniture, etc.Contingent expenses.Francis P.
Van Wick, removal of remains of, etc., burial.Testimonials to umpire, etc., of Spanish and American Claims commission. That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four and for other objects hereinafter stated namely: DEPARTMENT OF STATE For stationery, furniture, fixtures, and repairs, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seven dollars and fifty cents For contingent expenses, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six hundred and sixty-three dollars and one cent.
To enable the Secretary of State to pay the expenses of the removal of the remains of Francis P Van Wick, late United States consul at Turks Island, to the United States, and the expenses of burial, nine hundred and thirty-four dollars eighty four cents That the President be, and ho is hereby, authorized to unite with the Government of His Majesty the King of Spain in tendering to the distinguished gentlemen who have successively filled the post of umpire in the late. Spanish and American Claims Commission suitable testimonials to express the high appreciation with which the two Governments regard the service they have rendered in the adjustment of an important international question by the and cable resort of arbitration ; and that to do so, in Compliance with the terms of the protocol of June two, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between the two Governments, there is hereby appropriated, from any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State. for compensation of the pork commissionPork Commission.
For the compensation of five commissioners appointed by the president to examine and report ‘‘upon the asserted unhealthfulness of the swine products of the country,” October third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at one thousand two hundred dollars each, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, six thousand dollars foreign intercourse J. S. Potter, payment to. ‘To reimburse J S Potter for money expended by him in the performance of his duties as consul at Crefeld, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, one thousand five hundred dollars Settlement of accounts of certain consular officers.To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any money from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of certain consular officers, on account of contingent expenses, United States 237 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 334. 1884. consulates, being deficiencies as follows: For the fiscal year eighteenContingent expenses. hundred and eighty-three, nineteen thousand four hundred and sixty- three dollars and eighty-five cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two thousand four hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-two cents. And hereafter it shall not be lawful for any consular officer to appropriate to his own use or expend from the amount received from the fees of his office any sum in excess of the allowance of salary and fees directly authorized by law, and consular officers paid exclusively by fees and consuls paid in part by salary and in part by fees, shall only appropriate to their own use or expend such portion of the fees as is authorized by law.
To pay amount found due A La Comte, deceased, late consul atA La Comte, deceased, payment of amount found due him. Puerto Cabello, on account of salaries, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents. To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any moneySettlement of accounts of certain consular officers. from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the accounts of certain consular officers, on account of salaries, consular service, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixSalaries. thousand three hundred and one dollars and thirty-two cents.
To enable the accounting officers, without the payment of any moneyJ. T. Robeson, settlement of account of, from the Treasury, to effect a proper settlement of the account of J T Robeson, consul at Beirut, on account of expenses for interpreters, guards, and so forth, in Turkish dominions, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, three hundred and nine dollars. For the payment of the remaining expenses connected with the serviceInternational Fishery Exhibition, 1883. of the International Fishery Exhibition held at London in eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for the preparation of the report called22 Stat. ,387. for by act approved July eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be expended by the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, under the direction and regulations of the Department of State, ten thousand dollars, the same to be available until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, TREASURY DEPARTMENT, public buildings,Public buildings.
To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury for services rendered and articles supplied in the construction of courthouseUtica, Now York. and post-office building at Utica, New York, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, forty-four dollars and fifty-five cents. To pay amount found due by the accounting officers of the TreasuryAustin, Texas. for services rendered and articles supplied in the construction of courthouse and post office building at Austin, Texas, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, seventeen dollars and fifty-six cents.
To pay John W. Cahill for services as conductor of the elevator inJohn W. Cahill, payment to, the United States court house and post office building in Indianapolis from January first to March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty dollars. internal revenue. For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of theDies, plates, and stamps. Treasury on account of alteration of dies, plates, and stamps: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and seventy-one cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and forty-five dollars and twenty cents. 238 Salaries, etc., collectors of internal revenue.For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, thirty-two dollars and sixty-nine cents, Agents, etc., salaries and fees.Salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue:
For salaries and expenses of agents and surveyors, for fees and expenses of gauges, for salaries of storekeepers, and for miscellaneous expenses, eighty-thousand dollars life saving service. Volunteer surf-men, payment to.The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to expend from the appropriation “Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty- three,” for payment of volunteer surfmen of the Point Marblehead and Cleveland lifeboat Stations, seven men two days each, three men one day each, and seven men eight days each, respectively, for services rendered under the direction of the keepers of the stations named on the occasions of the great floods of the Cuyahoga and Ohio Rivers in the month of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, such sum as in his discretion shall be just, not exceeding eight dollars per day to each person for each day’s service territories.
Members, etc., legislative assembly, Washington Territory, payment, etc,, to.For compensation of officers and members of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory, during special session of the legislative assembly from December second to December seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, inclusive, as per proclamation of Governor William A. Newell, one thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars. miscellaneous. Transfers of appropriations.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “contingent expenses Treasury Department, furniture, and Treasury Department.so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,” a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses, Treasury Department, miscellaneous items, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,” To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation for “fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” a sum not exceeding twenty thousand dollars to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for “fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,” Assay-office, Boise City.Assay-office at Boise City, Idaho Territory:
For wages of workmen and contingent expenses, four hundred dollars, National Currency.For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of expenses national currency, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred and forty-six dollars and fifteen cents, Coast and Geodetic Survey, western division.For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of Coast and Geode: in Survey, western division, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-seven dollars and ninety-five cents.
Repairs of vessels, Coast Survey.For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of repairs of vessels, Coast Survey, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eighty-eight dollars and fifty-six cents, Observations of eclipse of the sun.For this amount to supply a deficiency in the appropriation made by the act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to enable the National Academy of Sciences to make observations of the eclipse of the sun on the sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, twenty-four dollars and seventy-six cents. 239 To pay Doctor D.
M. Burgess in full compensation for services renderedD. M. Burgess, payment to. by him as health inspector at Havana, Cuba, from July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to June second, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at the rate of two thousand live hundred dollars per annum, two thousand one hundred and ninety dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the States of California,Payment to States of California, Oregon, and Nevada, per cent-um of quota of direct tax, etc.
Oregon, and Nevada, respectively, the fifteen per centum of the amount of their quota of the direct tax of eighteen hundred and sixty-one, on account of the proper costs for assuming the collection of the same, as follows, to wit: To the State of California, thirty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-one dollars and seventeen cents; to the State of Oregon, five thousand two hundred and seventy-one dollars and ten cents; and to the State of Nevada, six hundred and eighty-eight dollars and ninety cents; in all, forty-three thousand one hundred and fifty one dollars and seventeen cents For compensation in lieu of moieties in certain cases under theCompensation in lien of moieties. customs-revenue laws, ten thousand dollars, To pay to the New York Herald on account of advertising done forNew York Herald, payment to. the Treasury Department, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, seven thousand nine hundred and sixty-two dollars and twenty cents, To enable the Treasurer of the United States to redeem a promissoryPromissory note of the Republic of Texas, redemption of. note, numbered one hundred and thirteen, of the late Republic of Texas, for one hundred dollars, with interest at ten per centum from the date thereof to January first eighteen hundred and forty-one, one hundred and twenty five dollars and fifty-six cents, For the payment of liabilities contracted on account of propagationPropagation of food-fishes. of food-fisheries during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and seventy-nine dollars and sixty cents, For the payment to the Baker Salvage Company for services renderedBaker Salvage Company, payment to.
July fourteenth to eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, inclusive, in floating and lightering the steamer Fish Hawk, one thousand dollars, For the maintenance of vessels of the United States Fish Commission,Vessels, United States Fish commission. five thousand dollars, From the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,Charles W. Copeland, payment to. eighteen hundred and eighty-four, approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars is hereby authorized to be paid to Charles AV, Copeland, consulting engineer, for the preparation of the plans and specifications and for supervising the construction of the steamer vessel Albatross, authorized March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-one; and the sum of ten dollars and eighty cents is likewise authorized to be paid from the same appropriation to the New York Herald, for advertising proposals for the construction of the Steam-vessel Albatross,New York Herald, payment to.
That the act passed May thirty first, anno Domini eighteen hundred21 Stat., 150. and eighty, entitled “An act making appropriations for a deficiency in the appropriations for the payment of pensions for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes,” shall be construed as having given to the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, but no longer, the same authority in regard to allowances for subsistenceAllowance for subsistence to certain officers, etc., employed in Fish Commission service.R.
S.4689,910. to officers and men of the Navy serving in the operations of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries as is given to the secretary of the Treasury in regard to service of officers and men of the Navy in the Coast Survey by section forty-six hundred and eighty-eight of the Revised Statutes of the United States, For salaries and traveling expenses of agents at seal-fisheries inJohn W. Bea-man, payment to. Alaska: To pay John W, Beaman, late special agent of the Treasury at 240 the seal-fisheries in Alaska, on account of traveling expenses for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty, eight dollars and fourteen cents, A.
Mendoza, refund of money toTo refund to A, Mendoza, a Mexican citizen, so much of the proceeds of fourteen cattle stolen from him (which were seized and sold as smuggled, by the collector of customs at El Paso, Texas) as was used to defray the expenses of seizure and sale, the forfeiture having been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, seventy dollars, Albino Girot and Romulo Lucero, refund o money to.To refund to Albino Giron and Romulo Lucero, Mexican citizens, so . much of the proceeds of twenty-two cattle belonging to them (which were seized and sold as smuggled, by the collector of customs at El Paso, Texas) as was used to defray the expenses of seizure and sale, the forfeiture having been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred and thirty-six dollars and thirty cents, N.
L. Casio fund, etc., to.To refund to N L, Case, master of schooner I L Quinby, so much of fines incurred under section thirty-one hundred and twenty-five Revised R. S. 3125, 599.Statutes as was remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury but erroneously covered into the Treasury, thirty dollars, 10 Stat., 424,425.For the payment to the governor of the State of South Carolina of Payment to governor of South Carolina, on account of leases and sales of lands, etc.one-fourth of the proceeds of leases and sales of lands in the said State under the act of Congress of Juno seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, according to the account stated by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, sixty thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars and ninety-eight cents, John Reynolds, payment to.For the payment to John Reynolds in full satisfaction of a judgment for sixty-one thousand two hundred ninety-five dollars and sixty-three cents rendered in his favor by the circuit court of the United States for the district of California, sitting in San Francisco, California, against H, L, Dodge, superintendent, and Alexander Martin, melter and refiner of the United States miut at San Francisco, California, for an alleged violation of certain letters patent, number fifty-three thousand three hundred and forty issued to said John Reynolds by the Government of the United States, of date March twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty six, for a patented process of refining bullion thirty thousand *Proviso.*dollars: *Provided, however,* That before any part of said sum shall be paid to said John Reynolds he shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury a paper or papers duly executed and acknowledged by which full and complete satisfaction of the above-recited judgment shall be acknowledged; also that any and all claims against the Government of the United States, and of any officer thereof, for the use or infringement of the said letters patent for said process of refining bullion, at any of the mints of the United States or other place, which have heretofore accrued or may hereafter accrue, shall be released and satisfied; and hereafter the Government of the United States, and the officers thereof, shall have the right to use said patent process at will free from any claim for damages or compensation therefor by said Reynolds or any assignee. ‘ ‘ “ J.
D. Culp, payment of judgment in favor of.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a judgment rendered by the United States court in California in favor of J. D. Culp and Company against William Higby, collector of internal revenue, five thousand dollars. COURT OF CLAIMS. Judgments of the Court of Claims, payment of.For payment of the judgments of the Court of Claims as follows: To Emeline H. Dale, administratrix, three thousand four hundred and eighty-four dollars and ninety-three cents;
Augustus G. Kellogg, three hundred and sixteen dollars and forty cents; the Hannibal and Saint Joseph Railroad Company, twenty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents; the Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company, twelve thousand two hundred and sixty- due dollars and sixty-five cents ; James O. Nixon, one thousand and ninety-two dollars and fifty-five cents; Samuel G. Lawton, nine hundred 241 and twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents; Frank A.
Behan, thirty threeJudgments of the Court of Claims, payment of, continued. thousand one hundred and ninety-two dollars and twenty cents with interest at five per centum per annum from the date of present lion for payment ; Albert Grant fourteen thousand and sixteen dollars and twenty-nine cents; Morris Joy, forty two dollars and forty one cents ; Samuel McKeever, nine thousand and twenty-one dollars and forty cents; William L. Foulk, seven dollars and forty-six cents ; George W.
Campbell and George A. Thayer, survivors of Ludlow D. Campbell, seven thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-two cents; Joseph S. Lockwood, trustee for the use of Anson Mills, two thousand seven hundred dollars; William Mathews, one hundred and fifty dollars ; Anderson J. Wray, administrator of William S. Baker, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and forty-three cents ; Medorem Crawford, seventy-three dollars and twelve cents; Daniel P. Jenkins, three hundred and one dollars and fifty-two cents ;
Thomas B. Ellis, three hundred and three dollars and thirty-one cents; John E. Fripp, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-eight cents; Robert De T, Ellis, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-two cents; William J, Thomson, administrator of C. H. Thomson, two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents; John W. Hobbs, assignee in bankruptcy of Campbell K. Peck, two thousand five hundred and forty- four dollars and ninety cents ; Weave C. Little, six hundred and seventy dollars and thirty-three cents;
James T, Barker, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents; Alfred T, Mahan, five hundred dollars and forty cents; Louis Mankel, eight hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty cents ; the Swift and Courtney and Beecher Company, twenty-eight thousand six hundred and sixteen dollars; Mary C, McKay and E. P, Bliss, executors of Donald McKay, three thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and twenty-two cents; Charles E. Tallman, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents;
Joseph L, Thatcher, three hundred and seventy-two dollars and three cents; Frank T, Bennett, two hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-two cents; Vincent Païen, two thousand four hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-two cents ; George W, Campbell, George A. Thayer, and L, D, Campbell, one thousand and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-four cents ; Alexander C. Burns, and G. E. Creecy, one hundred dollars ; the Swift and Courtney and Beecher Company, fifteen thousand five hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventeen cents; the Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railroad Company, five thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars and seventy-four cents;
William A. Chisholm, two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-four cents; Thomas G. White, executor of J. D. Èdings, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and ninety-eight, cents; William S, Muse, three hundred and seventeen dollars and seventy-seven cents; James L, Clarke, twelve thousand five hundred and forty dollars; John D. Sybrandt and Edward Murphy, three hundred and fifty-one dollars; James M, and William K, Marcum, fifteen dollars and forty-two cents ; M. C, Meigs, one thousand two hundred and ten dollars ;
Winslow Allderdice, three hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-six cents ; William G. Hannum, three hundred and fourteen dollars and eight cents ; Francis A, Gibbons, junior, five thousand and thirty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents, with interest from May twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty, at five per centum per annum; Philip W. Schneider, four thousand five hundred dollars; Ephriam K, Smith, one thousand one hundred and eighty-five dollars; John W, Eisenhart, six hundred and forty-nine dollars ;
Clara Zaiss, executrix of Frederick Zaiss, deceased, one thousand seven hundred and one dollars ; Mary W. Kidder, executrix of Mary W. Rhett, one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and twenty-six cents ; John M, Mueller, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; William P. Gould, four hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents ; John H, Simons, forty dollars and eighty cents ; Martha S, Baynard one hundred and 242 seventy-five dollars and ninety-six cents;
Thomas G, White, administrator of W. O. P. Fripp, deceased, two hundred and sixty- nine dollars and sixty-four cents; John R, Ely and others, six thousand two hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-seven cents; Edgar W. Fripp, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and six cents; Pierre S. Weitz, administrator of Edward Dupasseur, live hundred and twenty-nine dollars; Moses Prescott and others, seven thousand seven hundred and nine ty-nine dollars and sixty cents; James D, Graham, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents, and interest thereon at the rate of five per centum per annum from June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three;
Walton Goodwin, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents; William D. Toy, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty cents; Charles E. Hawkins, two thousand one hundred and eighty four dollars and sixty-three cents; John W. Jordan, one thousand and four dollars and eighty-six cents; in all, two hundred and fifty thousand three hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-nine cents, and a sufficient sum, in addition thereto, as may be necessary to pay the interest on the judgments in favor of Frank A, Behan.
Francis A, Gibbons and James D, Graham, as above *Proviso.*provided, is hereby appropriated: *Provided,* That none of the aforesaid judgments shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired, Referees, payment to.For payment upon order of the Court of Claims of referees heretofore and hereafter appointed by said court under the act approved June 21 Stat.,284.sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty, two thousand five hundred dollars; but no moneys hereby appropriated shall be paid to any referee who at the time of such reference was in the employment of the Government, and under pay in such employment, and hereafter no person in the employ of the Government shall receive any pay for acting as such referee, WAR DEPARTMENT public buildings and grounds.Public buildings and grounds.
Executive Mansion,For lighting the Executive Mansion and public grounds: For gas; pay of lamplighters, gas-fitters, and plumbers; gas-fitting and plumbing; purchase and erection of lamps and lampposts; purchase of matches, and for repairs of all kinds; fuel and lights for office and stables, for watchmen’s lodges, and for the greenhouses at the nursery, one thousand dollars, For care and repair of and for refurnishing the Executive Mansion, and for care and repair of its greenhouses, and for fuel, three thousand dollars. quartermaster’s department, Extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed as clerks, etc.For extra-duty pay to enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers at division, department, and district headquarters (one hundred and fifty-seven clerks and sixty-nine messengers), authorized by general orders fifty-four of eighteen hundred and eighty-one, Adjutant-General’s Office, twenty-five thousand and ninety-three dollars and seventy five cents, pay department.
Reappropriation of unexpanded balance for pay of Army.That so much of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as may be required, not to exceed two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, is hereby re appropriated and made available to supply a deficiency in the appropriation for pay of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, Mrs.
D.C. Smith, reimbursement to.To reimburse Mrs. D C, Smith, widow of D. C. Smith, late an assistant paymaster in the United States Army, for moneys paid by her into the Treasury on account of an indebtedness charged against her late 243 husband in the settlement of his accounts as such assistant paymaster, two hundred and ninety-one dollars, medical department. For the purchase of medical and hospital supplies, expenses of purveyingMedical and hospital supplies, pay of employees, etc. depots, pay of employees, medical care and treatment of officers and enlisted men of the Army on duty at posts and stations for which no other provision is made, and for other miscellaneous expenses of the Medical Department, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, right hundred and twenty two dollars and ninety-six cents, signal service.Signal Service.
For forage for horses and mules, one thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars, For straw for horses and mules, two hundred and seventeen dollars, For straw for enlisted men at Fort Myer, Virginia, and for hospital at that post, eighty-six dollars and forty cents, For interment of officers and men, four hundred dollars, For apprehension of deserters, sixty dollars, For commutation of quarters for fourteen men detailed from other organizations for Arctic service, at twenty-one dollars per month for twelve months, three thousand five hundred and twenty eight dollars, For pay of officers, one thousand three hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-eight cents, For pay of ten second lieutenants, mounted, one thousand dollars, For additional pay to officers for length of service, two thousand five hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents, For pay of fourteen enlisted men detailed from other organizations for duty with Arctic expeditions, say for twele months, three thousand dollars, To pay John Murdock and Middleton Smith, enlisted men of the Signal Corps, who served with the expedition to Point Barrow.
Alaska, for commutation tor fuel during the fiscal years eighteen hundred and eighty-two and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and sixteen dollars each, and for commutation for quarters for eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and fifty-two dollars each; in all, nine hundred and thirty-six dollars, For continuing the work of scientific observation at Point Barrow, Alaska, being for the pay of civilians employed, one each, as astronomer, carpenter, and cook, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty seven cents, And the expenses incurred for support of the Signal Service during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, in excess of the amounts allowed by the sundry civil appropriation act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to be paid from appropriations for support of the Army for said .year, arc hereby authorized to be paid from said appropriations, respectively. state, war, and navy department building.State, War, and Navy Department building.
For fuel, lights, repairs, and miscellaneous items, four thousand dollars, NAVY DEPARTMENT. naval establishment, For Marine Corps: Hire of quarters four thousand five hundredMarino Corps. dollars, For pay, miscellaneous, forty-eight thousand six hundred and forty- five dollars and twenty-nine cents; for pay of the Marine Corps, one hundred and four dollars and sixteen cents; for provisions for the 244 Marine Corps, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; for hire of quarters for the Marine Corps, one thousand and one dollars and sixty cents; in all, fifty-one thousand six hundred and thirty dollars, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, Bureau of ordnance.For contingent expenses, Bureau of Ordnance, four hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, Navy Department, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, two thousand nine hundred dollars, being deficiencies for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, Transfer of appropriation on account of Marine Corps.The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to transfer from the appropriation “provisions, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” the sum of two thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars and two cents, and carry the same to the credit of the following appropriations, for the purpose of closing said accounts on the books of the Treasury, namely:
Repair of barracks, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, two hundred and forty dollars and fifty cents; contingent, Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, two thousand five hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents; contingent Marine Corps, eighteen hundred and eighty, one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and four cents. Expenses and compensation of civil Commissioner.For payment in full of expenses and for compensation of civil commissioner, appointed under provisions of act of August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, three thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents, George T.
Bates, payment to.To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to George T, Bates on account of pay of the Marine Corps, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, sixty-one dollars and twenty cents. E. F. Delaney, payment to.To pay amount found due by the accounting officers to E. F. Delaney on account of provisions for the Navy, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one dollar and eighty cents, farragut prize money.
Farragut prize money.To enable the Secretary of the Navy to pay to the officers and crews of the United States naval vessels under command of Flag-Officer D G. Farragut the difference between the amount of bounty heretofore distributed to them and that to which they are respectively entitled under the decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia dated May first, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for destruction of enemy’s vessel near Now Orleans, in April eighteen hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and forty-three thousand six hundred and forty-four dollars and forty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary:
Proviso.*Provided,* That the warrants to be issued under this appropriation shall be delivered to the claimants, or, in case of their decease, to their legal representatives, and to no other persons, INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, Fuel and light.For this amount, for fuel and light, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents, Gas,For this amount, to pay gas bill for the month of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one hundred and thirty-five dollars and ten cents, Contingent expenses, General .and Office.For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent expenses, General Land Office, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, sixty dollars and seventy-five cents, Contingent expenses, office commissioner of Pensions.For amount required on account of contingent expenses, office of commissioner of Pensions, for the payment of bills contracted during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, six thousand five hundred and forty dollars and thirty-five cents, 245 To pay two accounts of the New York Herald for advertising forNew York Herald, payment to. proposals for stationery, one in May and June, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, amounting to sixty dollars and eighty cents, and one in April and May, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, amounting to thirty dollars and eighty cents; in all, ninety-one dollars and sixty cents, public lands service,Public lands service.Registers of lands, etc.; receivers of public moneys.Volunteer clerks making new set of records for land-office, etc., Olympia, Washington Territory.*Proviso.* For salaries and commissions of registers of land-offices and receivers of public moneys at district land-offices, twenty-seven thousand dollars, For compensation in full of volunteer clerks employed in transcribing a new set of records for the office of the United States surveyor-general and United States land-office at Olympia, Washington Territory, the records of which were destroyed by fire on the twelfth of September, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, fifteen thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars: *Provided,* That in all cases where the clerks so employed are paid a regular salary from an existing appropriation, the amount which they may be found entitled to shall be paid them in addition to the compensation now authorized by law.
To reimburse the appropriation for reproducing worn and defacedReimbursement of appropriation expended for copies of plats for offices, etc., at Olympia. official plats of surveys, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty- four, for amount expended therefrom in procuring lithographic copies of plats for the offices of the United States surveyor-general and register at Olympia, Washington Territory, to take the place of originals destroyed by fire, six thousand three hundred and sixty dollars.
For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on accountContingent expenses. of contingent expenses of land-offices, as follows: For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, eighty-five dollars and twenty- six cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and forty-five dollars and fifteen cents. For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on accountDepredations on public timber,payments on account of. of depredations on public timber, as follows:
For the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, to George W. Cooke, twelve dollars and seventy-five cents; to P. J. Glover, four hundred and sixty four dollars and eighty three cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to William Callon, nineteen dollars and twenty five cents; to W. T, Griffith, one hundred and forty-six dollars and eighty- six cents; to John H. Welch, two hundred and twenty four dollars and seventy nine cents: to William Miller, one hundred and seven dollars; and to B.
B. Sanders, twenty-five dollars and ten cents; in all, one thousand dollars and fifty eight cents. For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on accountSalaries, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana. of salaries, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand five hundred and six dollars and sixty-two cents, For payment of amount found due by the accounting officers on accountContingent expenses. of contingent expenses, office of surveyor-general of Louisiana, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, seventy-one dollars and twenty cents, For payment of amounts found due by the accounting officers on accountContingent expenses, office sur- v eyor-gen eral, Colorado. of contingent expenses, oflice of surveyor-general of Colorado, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred dollars, To pay T.
P. McElrath the amount due him as receiver of publicT. P. McElrath, payment to. moneys at Miles City, Montana, sixty-five dollars and one cent, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty- two. To pay Paul J. Strobach the amount due him as receiver of publicPaul J. Strobach, payment to. moneys at Montgomery, Alabama, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-five cents: *Provided,* That of this amount seventeen dollars*Proviso.* shall be carried to his credit on his account as late receiver of 246 public moneys, under his bond dated April twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, to close his accounts on the books of the Treasury, MISCELLANEOUS, Howard University.Buildings and grounds, Howard University:
To be used in paying to the proper officer of the Howard University for expenses incurred by the said university in making repairs during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, including the amount of vouchers and parts of vouchers for expenses in said year prior to August eighth, R. S.3732,736.eighteen hundred and eighty-two, disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department under section thirty-seven hundred and thirty-two of the Revised Statutes, four thousand dollars, L.
Stranes A Sone, refund of duty.To refund the duty paid by L. Strauss and Sons, May twenty-third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, upon a Sevres vase presented by them to the National Museum, two hundred and ten dollars and fifty cents, Statue of Joseph Henry, expense of freight, etc.For expense of freight on statue of Joseph Henry from Rome to Washington, and all expenses by the Smithsonian Institution connected with the erection and ceremonies of unveiling said statue, nine hundred dollars. indian affairs.Indian affairs.
Goods, supplies, etc., for Indian service.To pay all the expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, for advertising and telegraphing, six thousand dollars. Census, North Carolina Cherokees.For amount necessary to pay indebtedness on account of services rendered and expenses incurred in connection with taking a census of North • Carolina Cherokees, two thousand six hundred dollars, Charles H. Howard, settlement of account of.For amount required to effect a transfer in the settlement of the accounts of Charles H.
Howard, Indian inspector, he being a creditor under the appropriation for “ contingencies of the Indian Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” to the amount of twelve dollars and fifteen cents, and a debtor to the like amount under “ traveling expenses of Indian inspectors, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,” as per certificate of Second Comptroller numbered thirteen hundred and fifty- one, March sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty - two, but involving no expenditure, twelve dollars and fifteen cents, John N.
T. Gooch, payment to.For amount due John N. T, Gooch for services as farmer at Oakland Agency, Indian Territory, in June, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, as per certificate of Second Comptroller numbered thirteen hundred and ninety, March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, seven dollars and forty-two cents, A.D.Fisher, payment to estate of.For payment to the estate of A D. Fisher for lands in Indian reservation in Washington Territory, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty one,one thousand five hundred and twenty- one dollars, telegraphing and purchase of indian supplies,Indian supplies.
New York Herald, payment to.For amount due the New York Herald for advertising for proposals for Indian supplies in eighteen hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty eight, and eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as per certificate of the Second Comptroller numbered fifteen hundred and eighty-three, April twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and twenty cents, Pioneer Press, payment to.For amount certified to be due the following newspapers for advertising for proposals, being a deficiency for the fiscal year cubing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three:
Pioneer Press, Saint Paul Minnesota, one hundred and fifty-four dollars and fifty-two cents; Oregon Statesman, payment to.Oregon Statesman, Salem, Oregon, twenty-five dollars; in all, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars and fifty-two cents. 247 For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, two hundred and eighty-five dollars and twelve cents, For amount due the Shawnee Indians for arrears of annuities underArrears of an unities to Shawnee Indiana. the third article of treaty of May tenth, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, being a part of the balance duo the said Shawnees for lands ceded10 Stat., 1056. to the United States under the first article of said treaty, nine thousand10 Stat., 105’3. four hundred and thirty seven dollars and sixty-two cents, caused by the defalcation of Harrison B.
Branch, superintendent of Indian affairs, in eighteen hundred and sixty-one and eighteen hundred and sixty-two, For this amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay theEastern band of Cherokee Indiana, payment to delegates, etc., of. expenses of the delegates representing the Eastern band of Cherokee Indians, while in the city of Washington, attending to the business of the band or tribe, during the J car eighteen hundred and eighty-four, including traveling expenses to and from said city, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid out of any funds belonging to said tribe, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,Post-Office Department.
To supply a deficiency in the appropriations for contingent expensesContingent expenses. of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, as follows: Stationery, thirty dollars and forty cents; gas, sixty-eight dollars and eighteen cents; painting, seventeen dollars and thirteen cents; miscellaneous items, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents ; publication of post route maps^ one hundred, and ten dollars, and fifty cents; in all, five hundred and ninety-four dollars and seventy-nine cents, To pay Mrs.
Mary C. Bradley for use of a portion of the building onMary C. Bradley, payment to. the corner of Third and East Capitol streets for a branch post office, in the city of Washington, from October first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, inclusive, nine hundred and ninety dollars, For compensation of officers and employees in the Post Office Department,Officers and employés, stationery, rent of money-or-der office, post-route maps, etc., fuel, gas. fourteen thousand and fifty-two dollars and nineteen cents; for stationery for use of the Post Office Department, one thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents; for rent of money-order office, two thousand dollars; for post-route maps, four thousand one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighteen cents: for fuel and heating, one thousand four hundred and seven dollars and thirty-two cents; for gas, one thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-six cents; for Official Postal Guide, two thousand seven hundred dollars; for hardware, one hundred aiid seventy-threeOfficial postal guide. dollars and eighty-eight cents; for painting, seventeen dollars and forty cents; for furniture, nine dollars; in all, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars and forty-one cents ; the same being rendered necessary by the embezzlement of the late disbursing officer of the Post-Office Department, postal service,Postal service.
For rent, light, and fuel, five thousand dollars; for cotton, jute, and hemp twine, eight thousand dollars; for free-delivery service, fourteen thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty cents; for inland mail transportation by railroad routes, five hundred thousand dollars; for mail messengers, fifteen thousand dollars; for adhesive postage-stamps, ten thousand dollars; for post route maps, one thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars; for compensation of postmasters, one million seven hundred thousand dollars, including one million two hundred and ninety-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-five, dollars for additional compensation of postmasters of the fourth class, as provided by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, from22 Stat. ,602.
Rent, etc., free delivery service, inland mail Transportation, messengers, postage stamps,m ape. post-masters. 248 July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four; in all two million two hundred and fifty-tour thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars and forty- cents, being a deficiency for eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year, Manufacture of stamps, foreign mail transportation, stationery, compensation tc postmasters.For manufacture of postage-stamps, three thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars and sixty-three cents; for foreign mail Transportation, thirteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and sixty-three cents; for stationery, one thousand six hundred and eight dollars and seventy-three cents; for compensation of postmasters, one million five hundred and fifteen thousand dollars, including four hundred and fifty-live thousand six hundred and eighty-four dollars for additional compensation for postmasters of the fourth class, as 22 Stat., 602.Provided by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty- three, for the period from March third, eighteen hundred and Ship,steamboat, and way letters, inland transportation.eighty- three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three; for ship, steamboat, and way letters, forty-seven dollars and forty-three cents; for inland transportation by railroad routes, six hundred and forty-eight thousand nine hundred and ninety-two dollars and ninety-two cents; in all, two million one hundred and eighty-three thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and thirty-four cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year, Route agents.For route agents, five hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-five Advertising.cents; for advertising, ninety-eight dollars and forty-seven cents; in all, six hundred and eighty-four dollars and twelve cents, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-two and payable from the postal revenues for that fiscal year.
R. K. Brush, payment to.To pay R. K, Brush for services as postal clerk during the months of August and September, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one hundred and seven dollars. Postmasters, salaries of, allowed, etc.To pay accounts in cases of salaries of postmasters and late postmasters which have been readjusted and allowed under the act approved 22 Stat, 602.March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-thtee, entitled “An act authorizing and directing the Postmaster-General to readjust the salaries of certain postmasters in accordance with the provision of section eight of the act of June twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,” forty-five thousand two hundred and thirteen dollars and eighty cents, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,Department of Justice.
Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous items, telegraphing, and lights, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, one thousand one hundred and seven dollars and thirteen cents, Contingent.For contingent expenses, namely: For miscellaneous items, two thousand dollars; for stationery, five hundred dollars; for horses and wagons, two hundred and twenty five dollars; in all, two thousand seven hundred and twenty five dollars. Sewerage, etc.For sewerage and plumbing for Department building, one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and forty-four cents;
PanI Boileau, payment to.To pay Paul Boileau, fireman in the Department of Justice, from March thirteenth to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty three, at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, two hundred and seventeen dollars and fifty-eight cents, James France, reimbursement to.To reimburse James France for amount paid out by him as a surety of the Government in a replevin suit of the Union Pacific Railroad Company brought in the United States court for the district of Wyoming in eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, one thousand and eighty- two dollars and sixty seven cents, State asylum, Auburn, New York, payment to.To enable the Attorney-General to pay the State asylum for insane criminals at Auburn, New York, for the support of the United States convicts for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, five hundred 249 and fifty dollars and thirty-nine cents; for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one thousand and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-seven cents ; in all, one thousand five hundred and eighty-seven dollars and ninety-six cents, JUDICIAL.
For fees of United States attorneys, seventy thousand dollars; forFees of United States attorneys, clerks, jurors, witnesses, marshals; miscellaneous expenses of courts; courts of Utah. fees of clerks, fifty thousand dollars ; for fees of jurors, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of witnesses, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of marshals, forty thousand dollars; for miscellaneous expenses of courts, fifteen thousand dollars ; for expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, six thousand dollars ; in all, three hundred and one thousand dollars.
For fees of district attorneys for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,Fees of district attorneys for 1882. eighteen hundred and eighty’ two, exclusive of claims numbered seventy eight thousand three hundred and forty three, seventy eight thousand four hundred and thirty five, seventy eight thousand four hundred and sixty eight, eighty four thousand one hundred and forty nine, eighty four thousand one hundred and forty five, two thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and thirty seven cents.
For payment of district attorneys and their assistants, one hundredDistrict attorneys and assistants; fees of clerks and commissioners. and fifteen thousand dollars; for fees of clerks, sixty thousand dollars; for fees of commissioners, seventeen thousand dollars; in all, one hundred and ninety two thousand dollars, being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three To pay J. D. Rouse for services in defending suits in claims againstJ. D. Rouse, payment to. the United States being a deficiency on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and seventy four, eighty seven dollars and eighty cents.
SENATE.Senate. For stationery and newspapers, fiscal year eighteen hundred andStationery, etc. eighty three, one hundred and forty dollars and seventy five cents. For miscellaneous items, fiscal year eighteen hundred and eightyMiscellaneous items. three, three hundred and seventy one dollars. For fuel and oil for heating apparatus, fiscal year eighteen hundredFuel, etc. and eighty four, one thousand dollars. For furniture and repairs, one thousand five hundred dollars.Furniture.
For folding documents, five hundred dollars.Folding documents. For miscellaneous items, five thousand eight hundred and sixteen dollars. For clerks to Senators, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and sixty-sixClerks to Senators. dollars. For expenses of special and select committees, and for inquiries andSpecial and select committees. investigations ordered by the Senate, fifteen thousand dollars. To reimburse F. E. Shober, late Acting Secretary of the Senate, forF. E. Shober, payment to. three orders paid on account of compensation and mileage of Senators, the said orders being forged in the name of one of the Senators and paid as genuine by the financial clerks, five hundred and twenty dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to the clerk to the CommitteeClerk to Committee on appropriations, payment to. on Appropriations of the Senate the same amount received by the clerk to the Committee on Appropriations of the. House of Representatives for services for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, two hundred and fifteen dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay J. F. Edwards for servicesJ. F. Edwards, payment to. as messenger of the Senate from June thirteenth to June thirtieth, inclusive, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, seventy one dollars and twenty cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Joseph MontgomeryJoseph Montgomery, payment to. ’ eighty nine dollars and ninety five cents, the amount due him for services as a laborer in the Senate from July seventeenth to August thirty first, eighteen hundred and seventy nine. 250 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives.Folding materials.Special and select committees.Assistant index clerk, payment to. For materials for folding, four thousand five hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items and expenses of special and select committees, twenty thousand dollars. To pay the assistant index clerk of the House of Representatives for services to be rendered during two months after the adjournment of the first session of the Forty eighth Congress, at six dollars per day, three hundred and sixty dollars. Frank Galt, payment to.To pay Frank Galt for services as assistant journal clerk from February twenty fourth to March fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, inclusive sixty-six dollars.
Charles W. Perkins, payment to.To pay Charles W. Perkins, night watchman in the additional folding rooms, from January first to February fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, inclusive, eighty seven dollars and fifty cents. John M. Carson, payment to.To pay John M. Carson six hundred dollars, as extra compensation for services as clerk to the Committee on Ways and Means of the Forty seventh Congress. ‘ ‘ Irwin B. Linton.To pay Irwin B. Linton for services as clerk to the select committee charged with the investigation of charges preferred against H.
V. Boyn-ton and others, one hundred and twenty dollars. Clarence W. De Knight.To pay Clarence W. De Knight the difference between the pay of a folder and that of a page from January eleventh to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, eighty six dollars and sixty four cents. Patrick V. Do-lan.To pay Patrick V. Dolan the difference between his pay as a laborer and that of a messenger, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day, from December fifteenth eighteen hundred and eighty three, to June sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, two hundred and ’seventy six dollars and eighty cents.
Alvin H. Pick-ens.To pay Alvin H. Pickens the difference between his pay as a laborei and that of a page from January seventeenth to March first, eighteen hundred and eighty two, inclusive, and from April first to August eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty two, inclusive one hundred and three dollars and twenty four cents. E. L. Zalinski.To pay E. L. Zalinski tor travel from Boston to Washington and return to New York City, in attendance upon the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations charged with the preparation of the fortification bill, thirty four dollars and ninety five cents.
John J. MoEl- hone.To pay John J. Me El hone, chief of the corps of official reporters of the House of Representatives, for extra services and for clerk-hire paid out by him, one thousand dollars, for the first session of the Forty-eighth Congress. L. B. Cook.To pay L. B. Cook the difference between the compensation received by him as fireman and assistant engineer in charge of the House elevator and one thousand two hundred dollars per annum, from February twenty second, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, four hundred and five dollars and eighty three cents.
Clarence F. L. Braulik.To pay Clarence F. L. Braulik the difference between his salary at seven hundred and twenty dollars and nine hundred dollars per annum, from December second, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty four, one hundred and fifty five dollars. George McNeir.To pay to George McNeir, acting postmaster of the House of Representatives, the difference between the pay of postmaster and that of assistant postmaster, for the period of time between August .first, eighteen hundred and eighty three, and December fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty three, he having acted as postmaster of the House during that time, one hundred and seventy two dollars and sixty cents.
Clifford Arrick.To pay Clifford Arrick, for services rendered as a messenger in the post office of the House of Representatives from the seventeenth day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty three, to the third day of 251 December, eighteen hundred and eighty three, inclusive, fifty two dollars and sixty four cents. To pay D. W. Johnson tor services as folder from March twenty-fifthD. W. Johnson. to Marcli thirty first, eighteen hundred and eighty four fifteen dollars. To pay G.
T. Garrison, Thomas G. Skinner, W. E. English, E. H.Stationery, allowances for. Funston, J. H. Wallace, F. A. Manzanares, F. W. Rockwell, James E. Campbell, James R. Chalmers, and Robert Smalls for allowances for stationery for the first session of the Forty eighth Congress, one hundred and twenty five dollars each; in all, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. To pay Henry H. Smith, journal clerk, for additional services renderedHenry H. Smith. during the first session Forty eighth Congress, five hundred dollars.
To pay A. Vangender additional compensation for services renderedA. Vangender. the Committee on Invalid Pensions of the House of Representatives during the present session of Congress, three hundred dollars. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. That so much of the act passed June eighteen hundred, and eighty four, making an appropriation for the support of the Agricultural Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty five, as appropriates twenty five thousand dollars for the investigation of infectious and contagious diseases to which all classes of domestic animals are subject, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
CAPITOL POLICE. The Capitol police board are hereby’ directed to expend a sum notUniforms for watchmen, e t c., payment for. exceedmgtwo hundred and twenty eight dollars for payment of uniforms furnished to the watchmen on the Capitol grounds, the same to be paid out. of money unexpended of the amount appropriated for uniforms for the Capitol police and watchmen in an act providing for sundry civil22 Stat.,337. expenses, approved August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred andDeficiencies for fiscal year 1881. eighty one, as follows: For pay of the physicians to the poor for the months of May and June, eighteen hundred and eighty one, six hundred and sixty dollars. For treasurer and assessor’s office: Blank forms, printing, eighty two dollars and forty three cents. For inspector of buildings’ office: Stationery, six dollars. For fire department:
Hire of horse, fourteen dollars. For general advertising, sixty nine dollars and sixty cents. For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty two, as follows: For work on sundry avenues and streets, and replacement of pavements, one hundred and sixty dollars and fifty two cents. For fuel, ice, gas, repairs for District offices, twenty two dollars and five cents. For fire department: Medicines and medical attendance for PrivateFire department John Kane, of Engine Company Number Three, and Private Charles Boss, of Engine Company Number One, resulting from accident, ninety seven dollars and seventy five cents; repairs to wagon, one hundred and forty nine dollars.
For public schools: Salary of secretary of the board of school trustees,Public schools. one hundred and fifty dollars, to be allowed by the First Comptroller; clocks and gas-fixtures in Jefferson school building, three hundred and sixty three dollars, including unexpended balance of appropriation. For metropolitan police: To pay Frank Macnichol one half of fine inPolice. Appropriation for investigation of infectious diseases of domestic animals, etc., repeal of. 252 cause number twenty one thousand and ninety seven in the police court of the District of Columbia, and to pay M.
T. O’Brien one half of fine in cause number twenty one thousand and ninety-eight in the police court of the District of Columbia, fifty dollars each; in all, one hundred dollars, including unexpended balance of appropriation. Deficiencies for fiscal year 1883.For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three, as follows: Assessor’s office.For contingent expenses of assessor’s office, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and fifty-three cents. Engineer’s office.For contingent expenses of engineer’s office, seventeen dollars and forty three cents.
District offices.For fuel, ice, gas, repairs, for District offices, three hundred and fifty four dollars and ninety seven cents. Permit work.For materials for permit work, thirty tour dollars and ninety six cents. Pumps.For repairs to pumps, seven dollars and eight cents. Police.For contingent expenses metropolitan police, five hundred and twenty five dollars and fifty two cents. Fire Department.For contingent, expenses of fire department, five hundred and eighty nine dollars and thirty five cents.
Telephone service.For telegraph and telephone service and rental, the sum of one thousand dollars of the unexpended balance of amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty three. Register of wills.For books for register of wills, printing checks, damages, twenty- three dollars and thirty seven cents. Public schools.For public schools, contingent expenses, one thousand eight hundred and seventy five dollars and sixty eight cents. High school.For apparatus for high school, one thousand nine hundred and twenty one dollars and seventy two cents.
Furniture, now school buildings.Judgments against District of Columbia.Fees of marshal.Deficiencies for fiscal year 1884.Assessments, etc., in District of Columbia.22 Stat. ,508.Assessors, payment to.For furniture for new school buildings, five dollars and forty-nine cents. For judgments against the District of Columbia, including interest and costs, twenty one thousand two hundred and twenty three dollars and eighty two cents. For United States marshal’s fees, three hundred and eleven dollars.
For deficiencies on account of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty four, as follows: For expense of assessing the real property in the District of Columbia pursuant to the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty three, as follows: For twelve assessors, one hundred and fifteen days, at five dollars per day each, namely: To S. M. Golden, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to B. D. Carpenter, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to Joseph W, Davis, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to E.
B. Cottrell, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to F. P. Hackney, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to G. W. Hark-ness, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to John H. Bird, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to J.T.Coldwell, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to Hawkins Taylor, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to J. F. Beale, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to W. J. Purman, five hundred and seventy five dollars; to W. B. Moore, five hundred and seventy five dollars; in all, six thousand nine hundred dollars.
G. A. Hall.Thomas B. Shoemaker.William Ballan-tyne and Son.Judd and Det-weiler.Washington Post ; National Republican ; Washington Journal.To G. A. Hall, clerk to board of equalization, one month, one hundred dollars; to Thomas B. Shoemaker, clerk to board of equalization, five months, five hundred dollars. To pay the following miscellaneous expenses, namely: To William Ballantyne and Son, for stationery, four hundred and sixty three dollars and ninety three cents; to Judd and Detweiler, for blank forms, one hundred dollars and fifty cents; to Washington Post, for advertising, twenty eight dollars and twelve cents; to National Republican, for advertising, thirty five dollars and eighty five cents; to Washington Journal, for advertising, twenty three dollars and twenty five cents; to 253 W.
O. Holtzman, for rent of office, sixty five dollars; to E. Morrison, forW.O. Holtzman.E. Morrison.G. W. Francis.J. McDermott& Brothers. book binding material, one hundred and forty one dollars and ninety five cents; to G. W. Francis, for bookbinding, one hundred dollars; to J. McDermott and Brothers, for repairs to wagon for use of assessors, twenty dollars and forty cents; in all, nine hundred and seventy nine dollars. For contingent expenses of assessors office one hundred and thirtyAssessor’s office. five dollars.
For Washington Asylum: The sum of three thousand five hundredWashington Asylum. dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, of the unexpended balances of appropriations made in the last and present fiscal years for the support and maintenance of the Washington Asylum, is hereby re appropriated for the construction and furnishing of a new hospital ward within the grounds of said asylum. For contingent expenses of fire department, one thousand two hundredFire department. dollars.
For public schools: For rent of school building at Fourteenth and N.Public schools. streets northwest, seven hundred and fifty dollars ; for fuel, five hundred dollars; for contingent expenses, five thousand dollars. For judicial expenses, six thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,*Judicial expenses. That one half of the foregoing sums to meet deficiencies in the appropriations on account of the District of Columbia shall be paid from the*Proviso.* revenues of the District of Columbia, and one-half from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
To provide for the payment for land taken for a reservoir under theLand taken for reservoir, etc. “Act to increase the water supply of the city of Washington, and for22 Stat., 168. other purposes”, approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty- two, eighty-seven thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,* That this*Proviso.* appropriation shall be subject to the same provisions and restrictions named in said act. For the payment of taxes upon the property of the Columbia HospitalColumbia hospital, payment of taxes, etc. for AVomen assessed prior to March, eighteen hundred and seventy three, five thousand three hundred and twenty dollars and fifty three cents, and the Attorney General of the United States is hereby directed to proceed against the warrantors upon the covenants in the conveyance to recover back said sum in the name of the United States.
That the parties named below be allowed the amounts set opposite their names in full of expenses incurred by them, respectively, in contested-election cases: To William E. English, two thousand dollars; S. J. Peelle, two thonsand,Contested-election cases, allowances in. dollars; 6. E, Peters, one thousand dollars; J. R. Chalmers, two thousand dollars; Van H. Manning, two thousand dollars; F. A. Manza-nares, two thousand dollars; Jonathan H. Wallace, two thousand dollars; AVilliam McKinley, jr., two thousand dollars;
Jas. E. Campbell, two thousand dollars: Henry L. Morey, two thousand dollars; John Paul, two thousand dollars, Charles T. O’Farrell, two thousand dollars; B. T. Frederick, two thousand dollars; Jas. Wilson, two thousand dollars; George H. Craig, twelve hundred and fifty dollars; Charles M. Shelley, one thousand dollars; Jno. E. Massey, three thousand five hundred dollars; Jno. S. Wise, three thousand five hundred dollars; George T. Garrison, two thousand dollars; C. C. Pool, five hundred dollars;
T. G. Skinner, five hundred dollars; S. N. AVood, one thousand five hundred dollars; R. M. Mayo, one thousand eight hundred dollars. And to the following-named persons, on account of expenses incurred by them in cases still undetermined, sums as follows, to be deducted from the sums respectively as finally allowed to them, to wit: To Jas. H. McLean, one thousand dollars; Jas. O. Broadhead, one thousand dollars. 254 PUBLIC PRINTING. Albert Ordway, payment and confirmation of prier payments to.That the Public Printer is hereby authorized to pay to Albert Ordway, out of the current appropriations for printing for Congress, the sum of six hundred and forty-two dollars and ten cents, to reimburse him for expenditures on the index of the Congressional Record; and all payments heretofore made to him by the Public Printer on said account are hereby ratified and confirmed.
That the Secretary of the Treasury shall, at the ci Commencement of each session of Congress, report the amount due each claimant whose claim has been allowed in whole or in part to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the presiding officer of the Senate, who shall lay the same before their respective Estimates of appropriations and for deficiencies to be hereafter transmitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury.Houses for consideration. And hereafter all estimates of appropriations and estimates of deficiencies in appropriations intended for the consideration and seeking the action of any of the committees of Congress shall be transmitted to Congress through the Secretary of the Treasury, and in no other manner; and the said Secretary shall first cause the same to be properly classified, compiled, indexed, and printed, under the supervision of the chief of the division of warrants, estimates, and appropriations of his Department.
Sec. 3. Payment of claims certified to be due, etc. That for the payment of claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the 18 Stat., 110.surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty three and prior years, and which 20 Stat., 130.have been 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 Sixty-seven, Forty-eighth Congress, first session, and for other items, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by the First Comptroller. legislative.Legislative. For salaries, Botanic Garden, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four dollars and fifty-two cents. state department.State Department. Foreign intercourse.For foreign intercourse as follows: For salaries of ministers, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, six thousand six hundred and three dollars and forty-one cents. For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one thousand four hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty eight cents.
For salaries of consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, three thousand eight hundred and eighty two dollars and twenty two cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, five hundred and eight dollars. For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one hundred and sixty five dollars and fifty cents. treasury department.Treasury Department.
Internal revenueFor internal revenue as follows: For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and forty-five dollars. For allowance or drawback prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars and forty two cents. 255 For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into the Treasury prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, three dollars and seventy-five cents. For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, two thousand two hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents.
For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, forty dollars and twelve cents. For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, eighteen hundred and seventy-five and prior years, seven hundred and eleven dollars and forty-five cents. For salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, one hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty two cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of Internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, four hundred and twenty dollars and fifty-five cents.
For miscellaneous as follows:Miscellaneous. For contingent expenses, mint at Carson, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, twelve dollars and ninety-five cents. For contingent expenses, mint at San Francisco, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-two dollars and fifty-four cents. For legislative expenses, Territory of Idaho, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, three thousand six hundred and twenty-one dollars and six cents. For extra compensation to discharged employees, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, twenty six dollars.
Four courthouse and post-office, Austin, Texas, nine hundred and forty-seven dollars and three cents. For propagation of food-fishes, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two dollars and ninety-seven cents For contingent expenses, steamboat inspection service, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, twenty-five cents. For expenses under national quarantine act of April twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, three hundred and one dollar’s and nineteen cents. interior department.Interior Department.
For current expenses, Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, thirty-nine cents. For public-land service as follows:Public-land service. For examinations of the public surveys, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, thirty-three dollars. . For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-four dollars. For surveying private land claims in California, eighteen hundred and eighty-onePrivate land-claims, California, and prior years, forty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents.
For contingent expenses of land-offices, eighteen hundred and eighty-oneContingent expenses, land-offices. and prior years, one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight dollars and sixty cents. To pay to t he State of New York, on account of distribution of the proceedsPayment to State of New York. of public lands under act of September fourth, eighteen hundred and forty-one, ten thousand four hundred and sixty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents. To pay to the State of Missouri claims on account of five, three, and twoPayment to State of Missouri. per centum fund to States priorto July first, eighteen hundred and eighty- one, two hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty-three cents.
To pay Cortez Fessenden, on account of contingent expenses, office ofCortez Fessenden. surveyor-general of Dakota, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents. For payment to village of Sault Salute Marie, Michigan, proceeds ofSault Sainte Marie, Mich. sale of certain lots, under act of September twenty-sixth, eighteen hun- 256 dred and fifty, six thousand two hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-one cents. Joseph P. Baldwin.S.
B. Craneton.George Conn. J.C. Fullerton.George Baldy.Sewall R. Jamison.To pay Joseph P. Baldwin one hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents; S. B. Cranston, twenty-one dollars and thirty-six cents; George Conn, twenty-one dollars and thirty-six cents; J. 0. Fullerton, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents; George Baldy, thirty-seven dollars and forty-eight cents; Sewall R. Jandson, three hundred and ninety-two dollars and four cents; in all, seven hundred and thirty nine dollars, on account of salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years. department of justice.Department of Justice.
For judicial as follows: Fees, etc., marshals.For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years except the claims numbered eighty-two thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, seventy-eight thousand five hundred and thirty oue, seventy-five thousand nine hundred and ninety-three, seventy-six thousand and twenty-uine, and eighty- four thousand one hundred and six, as set forth in said Executive Document Number Sixty-seven, thirty-two thousand two hundred and forty-three dollars and thirty seven cents.
District attorneys.For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two thousand four hundred and seventeen dollars and six cents. Clerks.For fees of clerks, United States courts,eighteen hundred and eighty- one and prior years, one thousand two hundred and fifty seven dollars and sixty-five cents. Commissioners.For fees of commissioners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-one and prior years, two thousand eight hundred and ninety- six dollars and twenty five cents.
Jurors.For fees of jurors, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two thousand one hundred and fifty four dollars and sixty five cents. Witnesses.For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, except the claims numbered seventy eight thousand three hundred and seventy seven, seventy eight thousand three hundred and fifty two, seventy eight thousand four hundred, eighty three thousand five hundred and forty three, eighty three thousand five hundred and thirty eight, eighty four thousand three hundred and twenty five, eighty four thousand three hundred and twenty seven, eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty two, eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty four, eighty three thousand nine hundred and ninety, eighty four thousand and eight, eighty four thousand and thirteen, eighty four thousand and fifteen, and eighty three thousand eight hundred and fifty five, as set forth in said Executive Document Number Sixty-seven, six thousand one hundred and fifty’ three dollars and thirteen cents.
Prisoners, etc., U. 8. courts.For support of prisoners. United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, except the claims numbered eighty three thousand nine hundred and eighty eight and eighty four thousand three hundred and thirty one, as set forth in said Executive Document number Sixty-seven, three thousand six hundred and fifty two dollars and twenty three cents. Miscellaneous expenses, U. S. courts.For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, six thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy one cents.
Courts, Utah.For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, six dollars and forty four cents. Supervisors of elections.For fees of supervisors of elections, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred and thirty two dollars and seventy cents. 257 For salaries, district marshals, eighteen hundred and eighty one andDistrict marshals. prior years, thirteen dollars and eight cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST ANDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.Expenses of collecting revenue from customs, etc.R, S.2733,532.R.
S. 2739, 533. For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, being the difference between amount paid and legal compensation fixed by section twenty-seven hundred and thirty three and twenty seven hundred and thirty eight of the Revised Statutes to certain customs officers, one hundred and eighty two thousand four hundred and thirty two dollars and eighty two cents, including two claims certified in Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty-four, first session Forty-eighth Congress: *Provided,**Proviso.* That no part of the money appropriated in this paragraph shall be paid to any of the claimants until the Court of Claims shall have heard andCourt of Claims to hear and determine questions involved, etc. determined all of the questions involved, and the liability of the United States Government therefor, in at least one test case, which case shall be preferred in the order of the docket of said court.
Full and complete jurisdiction is hereby conferred on the Court of Claims for the purposesCourt of Claims to have full jurisdiction. ‘ above named. If the determination of the Court of Claims shall be in favor of the claimants, they shall be paid ; otherwise not. The Attorney General shall see to it that the interest of the Government is protected in said suit or suits. To pay W, H. Robertson, collector of customs, New York, fifty threeW.H. Robertson, Frank N. Wicker, Richard F.
Gay-gin.William Libby.Hennessy Brothers.Union Pacific Railroad Company.Herman, Boker & Co.Louie F, Payne.M, M, Price.Fred. Snyder. 8. F. Burnett.W. C. Peet & Co.A. T. Stewart & Co.Life-Saving Service, contingent expenses.Revenue Cutter Service.Repairs, etc., public buildings.Marine Hospital service.Light-houses. dollars and twenty eight cents; Frank N. Wicker, collector of customs, Key West Florida, twenty four dollars and seventy cents; Richard F. Gaygin, late collector of customs, Erie Pennsylvania, two hundred and eighteen dollars and ninety one cents;
William Libby, twenty dollars; Hennessy Brothers, four hundred and forty two dollars and seventy six cents; Union Pacific Railroad Company, sixty eight cents; Herman, Boker and Company, twenty five dollars; Louis F. Payne, one thousand one hundred and ninety eight dollars; M. M. Price, thirteen dollars ; Fred. Snyder, fifty eight dollars and seventy cents; 8 F. Burnett, five hundred and ninety dollars and fifty cents; W. C. Peet and Company, five dollars; A T. Stewart and Company twelve dollars and forty cents; in all, two thousand six hundred and sixty two dollars and ninety three cents, on account of expenses of collecting revenue from customs prior to July first eighteen hundred and eighty one, For Life Saving Service, contingent expenses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and twenty three dollars and three cents.
For expenses of Revenue Cutter Service, eighteen hundred and eighth’ one and prior years, sixty six dollars and eighteen cents. For repairs and preservation of public buildings eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eight dollars and twenty four cents. For Marine Hospital Service, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one dollar and ninety four cents. For supplies of light houses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, thirty six dollars and sixteen cents.
For repairs and incidental expenses of light houses, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eighteen dollars and thirty nine cents. For salaries of keepers of light house, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three dollars. For fuel, light, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundred andFuel, etc., public buildings. eighty one and prior years, seven dollars and eighty-nine cents. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eighteen hundredFurniture and repairs, etc. and eighty one and prior years, three dollars and twenty five cents.
For custom house and post office, Albany. New York, three hundredcustomhouse, etc., Albiny, N. Y. and forty three dollars and sixty-three cents. 258 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. Pay of volunteers, Mexican war.For pay of volunteers (Mexican war) eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, one hundred and fifty six dollars and four cents. Mounted volunteer riflemen.For pay of mounted riflemen (volunteers) under Colonel John C.
Fremont, in eighteen hundred and forty six, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, three hundred and seventy four dollars and ninety nine cents. California and Nevada volunteers.First Michigan Cavalry.Artificial limbs.Army contingencies. ‘Collecting, etc., volunteers.For traveling expenses of California and Nevada volunteers, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, four hundred and thirty one dollars and thirty cents. For traveling expenses of First Michigan Cavalry, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, five hundred and fifty six dollars and four cents.
For artificial limbs, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, four dollars. For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and ninety dollars and seventy one cents. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, three hundred and thirty four dollars and ninety six cents. Draft and substitute fund.For draft and substitute fund, eighteen hundred and seventy one and prior years, one dollar and eighty six cents.
Recruiting.For expenses of recruiting, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and two dollars and twenty seven cents. Medical and hospital department.For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and fifty nine dollars and forty three cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.Interior Department.Army pensions. interior department.
For Army pension, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, twenty eight dollars and eighty cents. war department.War Department.Quartermaster’s regular supplies. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, five thousand six hundred and eighty one dollars and eighty four cents. Incidental expenses.For incidental expenses Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, thirteen thousand and twenty three dollars and ninety nine cents.
Arrears of Army transportation.For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, eight thousand one hundred and sixty nine dollars and thirty five cents. Commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States.Contingencies of fortifications.Lost, horses,etc., in military service prior to July 1, 1881.Proviso.Secretary of Tr. usury may prescribe rules for practice of agents, attorneys, etc.For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, sixteen thousand eight hundred and sixty four dollars and fifty eight cents.
For contingencies of fortifications, ninety three dollars and eighty seven cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one hundred and twenty five thousand seven hundred and eighty seven dollars and three cents: *Provided,* That the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe rules and regulations governing the recognition of agents, attorneys, or other persons representing claimants before his Department, and may require of such persons, agents and attorneys, before being recognized as Representatives of claimants, that they shall show that they are of good 259 character and in good repute, possessed of the necessary qualifications to enable them to render such claimants valuable service, and otherwise competent to advise and assist such claimants in the presentation of their cases.
And such Secretary may after due notice and opportunity for hearing suspend, and disbar from further practice before his Department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud, in any manner willfully and knowingly deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement. For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers for12 Stat.,276.Refund of expenses incurred in raising volunteers, etc., to—Ohio:New York;Michigan;Massachusetts: andNebraska. which reimbursement is provided by act of July twenty seventh eighteen hundred and sixty one, and subsequent acts, as follows:
To the State of Ohio, ninety thousand two hundred and forty six dollars and ninety two cents; to the State of New York, fifty four thousand nine hundred and forty six dollars and fifty two cents; to the State of Michigan, forty two thousand three hundred and forty five dollars and ninety five cents; for the State of Massachusetts, twenty eight thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars and thirty three cents; to the State of Nebraska, four hundred and eighty five dollars; the several allowances having been adjudicated by the accounting officers and reported by the Secretary of the Treasury in conformity with section four of the20 Stat., 130.Claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller.Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, Navy.Bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels.Indemnity for lost clothing.Enlistment bounties to seamen. act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH ANDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER. For provisions. Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, forty eight dollars and forty cents. For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, seventeen dollars and seventy eight cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred dollars. For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, two thousand and three dollars and thirteen cents.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH ANDITOR.Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor. For deficiency in the postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eightyDeficiency in postal revenues, 1881 and prior years. one and prior years, ninety thousand eight hundred and forty five dollars and twenty five cents. Sec. 4. For the payment of claims audited and allowed by the Second Auditor and Second Comptroller of the Treasury under the provisions of the act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two, to22 Stat., 345.
“authorize the auditing of certain unpaid claims against the Indian Bureau by the accounting officers of the Treasury,” for services renderedPayment of certain claims for Indian service. and supplies furnished ou account of the Indian service, seventy two thousand one hundred and sixty six dollars and seventy nine cents; and for claims audited and allowed by the said accounting officers under the provisions of section four of the act of June fourteenth,20 Stat., 130.. eighteen hundred and seventy eight, sixteen thousand seven hundred and ninety eight dollars and forty seven cents, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty five, first session Forty eighth Congress; in all, eighty eight thousand nine hundred and sixty five dollars and twenty six cents.
To pay Van C. Smith five thousand five hundred and fifty eight dollarsVan C. Smith, payment to. and fifty two cents, in full of claim of four thousand nine hundred and thirty three dollars and fifty two cents, as allowed by the Second 260 Auditor May sixth and by the Second Comptroller May eight, eightfen hundred and eighty four, and of claim of five hundred and twenty five dollars, allowed by the Second /Auditor May twenty first and by the Second Comptroller May twenty fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty 22 Stat,, 345.four; both allowed under act of August seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty two.
Sec. 5. That for the payment of the following supplemental list of claims, which are fully set forth in House Executive Document Number One Hundred and Forty-four, Forty-eighth Congress, first session, and are allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury under the fourth 20 Stat., 130.section of the act of June fourteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy eight, since January twenty fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, transmitted by letter of Secretary of the Treasury of April twenty sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty four, there be appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by the First Comptroller.State Department.Foreign intercourse.Items. state department. Foreign intercourse: For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty three, four hundred and ninety four dollars and forty four cents. For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three thousand five bundl ed and thirty six dollars and thirty cents. For allowance for consular clerks, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and sixty five dollars and ninety three cents.
For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty three, seven hundred and ninety four dollars and twenty cents. For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one thousand five hundred dollars, For salaries, consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one thousand eighty eight dollars and forty cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty two, one hundred and fifty six dollars and fifty one cents.
For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, sixty one dollars and twenty eight cents. For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and eleven dollars and ninety four cents. treasury department.Treasury Department. Internal revenue.Internal revenue: For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundred and Items.eighty one, one hundred dollars. For allowance or drawback prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, one hundred and eleven dollars and forty six cents.
For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, three hundred and thirty one dollars and fifty one cents. For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, forty nine dollars and sixty eight cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, twelve dollars. 261 interior department.Interior Department.
Public-lands service:Public-lands service. For contingent expenses of land offices, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred and ninety seven dollars and thirty three cents. For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and thirty six dollars. For appraisement and sale of abandoned military reservations, eighteen hundred and eighty one, thirty three dollars and ninety cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice.Fees of commissioners.
Judicial: For fees of commissioners. United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, two hundred and twenty three dollars and fifty five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred andWitnesses. eighty one and prior years, thirty two dollars and seventy cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteen hundred andSupport of prisoners.Miscellaneous expenses, United States courts. eighty one and prior years, five dollars and seventy cents.
For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and thirty nine dollars and twenty cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST ANDITOR AND THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.Light-vessels. For expenses of light-vessels, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, three hundred and forty seven dollars and fifty seven cents. For Life-Saving Service, contingent expenses, eighteen hundred andLife-Saving Service. eighty one and prior years, fifteen dollars.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD ANDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER,Claims allowed by Third Auditor and the Second Comptroller.War Department.Arrears of Army transportation due land-grant railroads.Commutation of rations to prisoners of war, etc.Horses, etc., lost in military service. war department. For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certain land-grant rail roads, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, seven thousand one hundred and sixty four dollars and fifty one cents.
For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, six thousand three hundred and fifty eight dollars and twenty five cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, twenty eight thousand two hundred and twenty four dollars and fifty nine cents. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the following additional claims for horses lost in the military service of the United States, the same having been audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the Treasury, but not included in previous reports of the secretaryDavid J.
Williamson.George C. Douglas. to Congress, namely: To David J. Williamson, two hundred dollars; to George C. Douglas, two hundred dollars. interior department.Interior Department.Fees of examining surgeons. For fees of examining surgeons, Army pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, one hundred dollars and fifty cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH ANDITOR AND THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by the Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller, Navy Department.
For indemnity for lost clothing prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, sixty dollars. 262 FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 334, 335. 1884. For enlistment bounty to seamen prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, two hundred and seventy three dollars and thirty four cents. For bounty for destruction of enemies’ vessels prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty one, eleven dollars and eighty six cents. POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.Claims allowed by the Sixth Auditor, Post-Office Department.
For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty one and prior years, four thousand six hundred and thirty one dollars and seventy four cents. Approved, July 7, 1884.
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