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Chapter 4. making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 4.— An Act making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for prior years, and for other purposes.February 1, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Deficiencies appropriation, 1887. 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-seven, and for other objects hereinafter stated, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. That any unexpended balance of the sum of fifteen thousand dollars Plymouth National Monument.appropriated by the act entitled “An act in aid of the national monumentVol. 24, p. 18. at Plymouth, Massachusetts,” approved May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, may be expenled in aid of the construction of any of the statues constituting said monument. FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1888.5 foreign intercourse.Foreign intercourse.
Salaries of ministers: To enable the accounting officers to settle Ministers’ salaries.the account, of V. O. King, charge d’affaires ad interim to Bogota, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, three hundred and nine dollars and six cents. Salaries consular officers not citizens: To enable the accountingSalaries of consular officers not citizens. officers to settle the accounts of consular officers not citizens, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, four thousand seven hundred and fifty-six dollars and one cent.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay a reasonable additionalAdditional pay for employees on refunding loan. compensation to the employees of the Treasury Department who were actually employed during the months of July, August, September, and October, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, in addition to the usual business hours, on account of the work of exchanging bonds of the United States bearing three and a half per centum interest for bonds bearing interest at the rate of three per centum per annum, authorized by section eleven of “An act to enable national banking associations to extend their corporate existence, and for other purposes.” approved July twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two,Vol. 22, p. 165. to be paid by the said Secretary to those actually engaged as aforesaid, in such sums as shall seem to him to be just and equitable, as follows:
For employees in the division of loans and currency of the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, one thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and forty-eight cents; For employees in the division of records, files, and mail in said office, five hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-six cents; For employees in the office of the Register of the Treasury, one thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ten cents: For employees in the office of the Treasurer of the United States, six hundred and ninety-nine dollars and eighty cents: in all, four thousand one hundred and forty-six dollars and ninety-five cents. independent treasury.Independent Treasury.
To reimburse Bureau of Engraving and Printing for work done byBureau of Engraving and Printing, for checks and drafts. that Bureau on account of appropriation for checks and drafts, independent Treasury, for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six: Engraving and printing checks and drafts for sub-treasuries, four hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty cents. engraving and printing.Engraving and Printing. Silver certificates and legal-tender notes: For printingSilver certificates and legal-tender notes. and finishing additional silver certificates and legal-tender notes of the denominations of one and two dollars, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to be expended as follows:
Under the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for compensation of employees, six thousand dollars; for plate-printing, twenty-eight thousand dollars; for materials and miscellaneous expenses, twelve thousand dollars; under the office of the Treasurer of the United States, for materials needed in sealing and separating United States securities, five hundred dollars; for salaries for additionalPrinters assistants. pressmen, feeders, and separators, three thousand three hundred dollars; in all, forty-nine thousand eight hundred dollars, and the number of printers’ assistants at one dollar and fifty cents a day may, by direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, be increased to thirty-eight, and the number of printers’ assistants at one dollar and twenty-five cents a day reduced to one hundred and seventy-six. 6 life-saving stations.Life-saving stations.
To reimburse Frank P. Sammis. a surfman in the Oak Island LIFESAVINGFrank P. Sammis.Reimbursement. Station, third district, the amount paid by him to a substitute while disabled by disease contracted in the line of duty, from October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. to November sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, both inclusive, but to which said Sammis Vol. 22, p. 57.was entitled under section seven of the act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, thirty-three dollars amt thirty-three cents. public buildings.Public buildings.
Courthouse at Jefferson City, Missouri: For completion of the building, elevenJefferson City, Mo. thousand dollars. miscellaneous objects. Repayment to importers excess of deposits: For payment toRepayment to importers of excess of deposits for customs duties. importers of interests and costs in claim on judgments and discontinued suits in custom cases on excess of deposits for unascertained duties, or duties or other moneys paid under protest, live hundred *Proviso*.[R. S., sec. 3011, p. 580, amended](/us/rs/t/s3011/p580).thousand dollars: *Provided*, That section three thousand and eleven of the Revised Statutes of the United States be. and the same is hereby, amended by inserting after the word “paid.” in the seventh line, the following:
“Together Payments of costs and interest.with costs of suit and interest at the rate of three per centum per annum;” but this amendment shall not affect existing suits or demands. Pay of assistant custodians and janitors: For pay of assistantAssistant custodians and janitors. custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with all public buildings under control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia, being a deficiency for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and forty-three dollars and ninety-six cents.
Refund to J. Hart and Company: To refund to J. Hart andJ. Hart and Company.Refund of fees. Company the amount of tax and admeasurement fees imposed on the steamship Dawn as an undocumented vessel; said tax and fees having been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, four hundred and fifty-five dollars and seventy-six cents. That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, authorizedCharles F. Hopkins, William C. Sollee.Payment to. and directed to pay to Charles F. Hopkins and William C.
Sollee, of Jacksonville, Florida, the sum of one thousand five hundred and sixty-seven dollars and ninety-one cents, for surveys made by them in eighteen hundred and eighty-four, of townships fifty south, range thirty-two east; fifty south, range thirty-three east: fifty-two south, range thirty-three east; fifty-one south, range thirty-four east, and fifty-two south, range thirty-four east. Florida, substituted by them for certain other proposed surveys, covered by contract with the surveyor-general of Florida, numbered fifty-two, dated December twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, under his verbal authority, which said surveys have been accepted by the Government as though contracted for.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. For miscellaneous expenses: For general advertising as follows:Advertising. To pay Judd and Detweiler balance due for printing arrears of taxes, two thousand one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and fifty-one cents; to pay New York Herald, advertising proposals, one hundred and ten dollars and seventy cents; to pay the New York Times, advertising proposals, thirty-one dollars and fifty cents; to pay the Times, advertising proposals, twenty-seven dollars; to pay Public 7 Ledger, advertising proposals, twenty-seven dollars and sixty cents; in all. two thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirty-one cents.
For Payment of judgments: For the payment of JudgmentsPayment of judgments. against the District of Columbia as follows: Georgetown Gas-Light Company, balance due. being error in calculation of interest in estimates of last year, one hundred and seven dollars and twenty-two cents: John Q. Larman. three thousand dollars, together with fifty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents costs; Augustus T. Crenshaw, nine hundred dollars, together with sixty-one dollars and thirty cents costs:
Hannah Keeler, six hundred dollars, together with fifty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents costs: Washington Johnson, two hundred dollars, together with forty-two dollars costs; . Samuel C. Mills and Maurice F. Talty, one thousand dollars, together with forty-nine dollars and ten cents costs; Gustavus Sohon, eight hundred and fifty .dollars, together with forty-one dollars and ninety-five cents costs; Charles S. Bundy, one hundred and ten dollars, together with eighteen dollars and ninety-five cents costs;
Frank E. Scott, balance of twenty dollars, together with three dollars costs; Abram F. Barker, costs fifty-two dollars and ninety cents; August Sievers and Louis Sievers, trading as Sievers and Brother, sixty-two dollars and fifty-five cents costs; James F. Brien, forty dollars, together with two dollars costs; A. J. Borland, eighty-two dollars and seventy cents costs; Charles W. Huguely. twenty-nine dollars and fifteen cents costs; Lucy Davidson, twenty-nine dollars and fifteen cents costs;
Maria L. Woodward, twenty-nine dollars and fifteen cents costs; The National Metropolitan Bank of Washington, District of Columbia, sixteen dollars and twelve cents costs; . H. B. Claflin and Company, one cent, together with eighty dollars and ten cents costs; Alexandria Canal Railroad and Bridge Company, forty-six dollars and eighty-five cents costs; Noble Young, forty-nine dollars and ninety cents, balance of costs; in all, seven thousand six hundred and four dollars and thirty-six cents, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the interest on said judgments from the date the same became due until the day of their payment: *Provided*, That no judgment shall be paid until*Proviso*.Appeal. the right of appeal shall have expired.
Reform School, District of Columbia: For completion of theReform School. new family building and tank-house, eight thousand four hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents; To supply deficiencies in the appropriation for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six as follows: For executive office: For contingent expenses, such Executive office.as stationery, repairs to carriage of Commissioners, saddlery for Commissioners. subscription to Washington Post and National Republican, medical treatment of horse of Commissioners, and for shoeing horse of Commissioners, in all, one hundred and twelve dollars and forty-two cents.
For assessor’s office: For contingent expenses, to pay the recorderAssessor’s office. of deeds for daily transfers for the use of the tax office, one hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-one cents. For auditor’s office: For contingent expenses, to pay the PublicAuditor’s office. Printer for printing and covering the report of Auditor for eighteen hundred and eighty-five, four dollars and twelve cents. 8 For streets: For sweeping, sprinkling, and cleaning streets,Streets. twenty dollars and sixty-seven cents.
For lateral sewers and basins: For cleaning and repairing, seventeen Sewers. and seventy cents. For cleaning tidal sewers, nineteen dollars and seventy-three cents. For metropolitan police: For contingent expenses, ten dollars andPolice. nineteen cents. For fire department: That authority is hereby given to use theFire department. unexpended balance of one hundred and sixty dollars of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. for the purchase of hose for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.
For repairs to apparatus and new appliances, forty-nine dollars and forty-eight cents. To supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five as follows: For the fire department: For repairs to engine-houses, twelveRepairs to engine houses. dollars and twenty-five cents; for fuel, thirty-nine dollars and sixty cents. For miscellaneous expenses: For general advertising, thirtyAdvertising. dollars and fifty cents. To pay to Emily G. Ramsdell, widow of H.
J. Ramsdell,Emily G. Ramsdell. Payment to. late register of wills, for expenses incurred by him in restoring and repairing the records and record-books of his office, three hundred and twenty-five dollars. To reimburse Frederick Douglass for record-books and general indicesFrederick Douglass.Payment to. purchased and paid for by him while recorder of deeds, for use of his office, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-seven dollars. That one-half of the foregoing amounts, to meet deficiencies inOne-half to be paid from Treasury. the appropriations on account of the District of Columbia, shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia, and one-half from any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated.
To complete the erection of suitable fish-ways at the Great FallsFish-ways.Vol. 22, p. 170. of the Potomac, authorized by the act “An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington, and for other purposes,” approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-five thousand dollars. WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. To enable the Secretary of War to pay to Chittenden Brothers,Chittenden Bros.Payment to. contractors, for money expended in the construction of a dam at the Great Falls of the Potomac, over and above that contemplated in the contract with said Chittenden Brothers, as amended, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, payable from any unexpended balance of money appropriated for the construction of such dam.
To pay D. M. and C. P. Dull the amount ascertained by the SecretaryD. M. and C. P. Dull.Payment to. of War to be due them for work done on the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, and by reason of changes in their contract, and so forth, thirty-four thousand three hundred and seventy-nine dollars and thirty cents. To pay Charles McCafferty the amount ascertained by the SecretaryCharles McCafferty.Payment to. of War to be due him for work on the Great Kanawha River, West Virginia, and by reason of changes in his contract, and so forth, thirty thousand three hundred and seventy dollars and fifteen *Proviso*.Payment of subcontracts cents: *Provided*, That any contract indebtedness of said McCafferty incurred by subcontract, or for labor or material furnished for the prosecution of the work on which this sum is based, shall be first ascertained and paid by the Secretary of War and the balance paid to said McCafferty.
Said amounts shall be received in full satisfaction of all claim under said contract. 9 Salaries Office of Quartermaster-General: One clerk ofQuartermaster-General’s Office.Salaries. class one, nine dollars and seventy-eight cents; four copyists, twenty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents; one watchman, five dollars and eighty-seven cents; in all, thirty-five dollars and one cent. To the following agents employed by the Quartermaster GeneralInvestigating agents.Vol. 13, p. 381. in the investigation of claims for settlement by the Treasury Department. under the act of July fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four:
Four agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each per annum, eighty-seven dollars and fifty-one cents. For per diem in lieu of subsistence of the agents while travelingPer diem, etc. on duty, not exceeding three dollars per day, and for actual necessary expenses for transportation, one hundred and thirty-four dollars. signal service.Signal Service. Transportation: For transportation of men. including theirTransportation. baggage, and for transportation of material, two thousand three hundred dollars.
For renewal of the Signal Service cable at the mouth of the Columbia River,Columbia River cable. in Oregon and Washington Territory, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, That*Proviso*. no part of this money shall be used in laying a new cable at such point until the Secretary of War shall be fully satisfied that it is impossible, with all reasonable and proper efforts, to repair the broken cable at such place, for the repairRepair. of which the sum of five hundred dollars of the above amount may be used.
Regular supplies: For commutation of fuel for not exceedingCommutation of fuel. two hundred and twenty men of the Signal Corps on duty at the office of the Chief Signal Officer and at signal stations throughout the United States, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and thirty cents. Barracks and quarters: For commutation of quarters to notBarracks and quarters. exceeding two hundred and twenty enlisted men of the Signal Corps on duty at the office of the Chief Signal Officer and at signal stations throughout the United States, three thousand six hundred and ninety-six dollars. pay department.Pay department.
For mileage to officers when authorized by law, two thousand sixMileage. hundred and eighty dollars and twelve cents. That so much of section two of the sundry civil appropriation act,Accounts of colored soldiers, etc.Vol. 20, chap. 182. sec. 2, p. 402, amended. approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as provides that amounts due upon certificates issued, or which may be issued. by the accounting officers of the Treasury, in settlement of claims for pay, bounty, prize-money, or other moneys due to colored soldiers, sailors, or marines, or their legal representatives, shall be paid only to the party named in the certificate, and in current funds or by post-office money-order, and not by check or drafts, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and hereafter the said claims of colored soldiers, sailors, and marines shall be paid in the same manner as similar claims are paid to white soldiers, sailors, and marines. quartermaster’s department.Quartermaster’s Department.
For transportation of the army and its supplies: For transportationArmy transportation. of the Army, including baggage of the troops when moving by land or water; of clothing, camp and garrison equipage from the depots of Philadelphia and Jeffersonville to the several posts and Army depots, and from those depots to the troops in the field; of horse equipment and of subsistence stores from the places of purchase and from the places of delivery, under contract, to such places 10 as the circumstances of the service may require them to be sent; of ordnance, ordnance-stores, and small-arms from the founderies and armories to the arsenals, fortifications, frontier posts, and Army depots; freights, wharfage, tolls, and ferriages; the purchase and hire of draught and pack animals, and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other seagoing vessels, and boats required for the transportation of supplies and for garrison purposes: for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; pay of enlisted men on extra duty driving teams, repairing means of transportation, and employed as train-masters, and in opening roads and building wharves; transportation of funds for the pay and other disbursing departments; the expense of sailing public transports on the various rivers, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic and Pacific; for procuring water at such posts as, from their situation, require it to be brought from a distance, and for the disposal of sewerage and drainage; and for clearing roads and for removing obstructions from roads, harbors, and rivers to the extent which may be required for the actual operations of the troops in the field, being for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. one hundred and fifty thousand *Proviso*.Payment to Southern Pacific Company forbidden.dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this sum shall be used for the payment for transportation over any line or lines owned, leased, or operated by the Southern Pacific Company, a corporation created by the laws of the State of Kentucky.
MISCELLANEOUS. Natchez Cemetery roadway: For completion of the macadamizedNational cemeteries.Natchez, Miss. or gravel road from the city of Natchez, Mississippi, to the national cemetery near that city, six thousand dollars. Road to cemetery, Springfield. Missouri: That the citizensPhelps Boulevard, Springfield, Mo., authorized. of Greene County, Missouri, are hereby authorized to improve or adorn, at their own expense, the road constructed by the Government from Springfield.
Missouri, to the national cemetery near that city, and said road shall be known and designated as Phelps Boulevard. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. naval establishment. Pay miscellaneous: To pay amounts found due by the accountingPay, miscellaneous.Freight. officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, five hundred and two dollars and sixty-six cents. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on accountMileage, etc. of mileage and traveling expenses of officers of the Navy traveling under orders, and for freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, nine hundred and sixty-six dollars and fifteen cents.
For amount paid by Pay-Director Thomas H. Looker, United StatesThomas H. Looker.Repayment. Navy, to Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry R. Smith. United States Navy, for subsistence of members of the House Committee on appropriations while making an official visit on board the United States steamer Tallapoosa to the Norfolk Navy-Yard and Fortress Monroe, in March, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents.
Contingent. Bureau of Navigation: To pay amounts foundBureau of Navigation.Freight. due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and ninety-nine dollars and ninety-seven cents. 11 Contingent, Bureau of Ordnance: To supply a deficiency inBureau of OrdnanceContingent. the appropriation for the contingent service, one thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and five cents. To supply a deficiency in the contingent service of the Bureau of Ordnance for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one thousand one hundred and nine dollars and seventy cents.
To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six. eight hundred and thirteen dollars. To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of contingent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, seventeen dollars and ninety cents. Contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: To payBureau of Equipment and Recruiting.Freight. amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six. seven hundred and nineteen dollars and fifteen cents.
To pay outstanding bills on account of the contingent service of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, fifty-one dollars and eighty-six cents. Transportation and Recruiting, Bureau of Equipment andTransportation. Recruiting: To pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of transportation and recruiting, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty-five dollars.
Provisions. Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing: ToBureau of Provisions and Clothing.Provisions. pay amounts found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury on account of provisions, Navy, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents. increase of the navy.Increase of the Navy. To pay H. Steers amount due for services as a civilian memberH. Steers.Payment to, as member of the Advisory Board. of the Naval Advisory Board from February first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to and including December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as follows:
Eleven months, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, four thousand five hundred and eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents: amount due for necessary traveling and other expenses to October thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and eight dollars and fifty cents; compensation for the six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. at five thousand dollars per annum, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all. seven thousand two hundred and ninety-one dollars and eighty-three cents.
Steel cruisers, machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering:S. Archbold.Payment to, as member of Advisory Board. To pay S. Archbold amount due for services as a civilian member of the Naval Advisory Board from June sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to and including December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as follows: Six and one-half months, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, two thousand seven hundred and eight dollars and thirty-three cents: amount due for necessary traveling and other expenses to November thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty cents: compensation for the six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, at five thousand dollars per annum, two thousand five hundred dollars; in all, five thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-three cents. 12 naval academy.Naval Academy.
Board of Visitors, Naval Academy: To supply a. deficiencyBoard of Visitors. in the appropriation for expenses of the Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy in June, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and seventeen dollars and eighty-three cents. marine corps.Marine Corps. Provisions, Marine Corps: To pay amount due the Bureau ofProvisions. Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department. United States Navy, for rations stopped at the several marine stations on account of naval hospitals, during the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. one thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and seventy-nine cents.
Clothing, Marine Corps: To pay accounts on file for clothingClothing. and manufacture of same during balance of fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, five thousand three hundred and eighty-four dollars and three cents. Repair of barracks, Marine Corps: To pay accounts on fileHire of quarters for enlisted men. for hire of quarters for seven enlisted men employed as clerks and messengers in commandant’s adjutant and inspector’s, paymaster and quartermaster’s offices, Washington, District of Columbia, and assistant quartermaster’s offices, Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California, from July twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at twenty-one dollars each per month, and for three enlisted men employed as above, at ten dollars per month, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and sixty cents. Transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps: To payTransportation and recruiting. amounts found due by the accounting officers on account of transportation and recruiting, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and twenty-one dollars.
Contingent, Marine Corps: For amounts found due by the accountingContingent. officers on account of contingent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, three hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-seven cents. To pay amounts found due by the accountingFreight. officers on account of freight, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, seventy-two cents. navy, miscellaneous. Payment to New England Transportation Company:
ToNew England transportation Company.Payment to. pay the claim of the New England Transportation Company of New Haven, Connecticut, for damages occasioned to a tender and barge belonging to said company by collision with the United States steamer Tallapoosa while passing through Hell Gate, July nineteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, seventy-six dollars and fifty cents. Payment to William H. Beard, owner dredge-boat Sampson:William H. Beard.Payment to. To pay the claim of William H.
Beard, of Brooklyn. New York, owner of the dredge-boat Sampson, for damages occasioned by the United States steamer Despatch in colliding with the Sampson while the latter was at anchor in the Wallabout, near the navy-yard. New York, April fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one thousand three hundred and ninety-three dollars and seven cents. 13 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. To enable the Secretary of the Interior to provide for the educationEducating feeble-minded youth. of feeble-minded children belonging to the District of Columbia, four hundred and nine dollars and fifty-seven cents.
Pension Building: To pay the Pittsburgh Bridge Company forPension building. iron plates added to the roof rafters of the main hall of the new building for the Pension Office, not included in the original design, three hundred and eighty-seven dollars. Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb: For the supportColumbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb. of the institution, including salaries and incidental expenses, and for books and illustrative apparatus, for general repairs and improvements, two thousand live hundred dollars.
Industrial Christian Home: To aid The Industrial ChristianIndustrial Christian Home.Payment to. Home Association of Utah in carrying on, under its articles of incorporation. the work of providing employment and means of self-support for the dependent women who shall have renounced polygamy, and their children of tender age, forty thousand dollars; and the unexpended balance of the appropriation for aiding in the establishment of an Industrial Home in the Territory of Utah contained in the act of Congress approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, entitled “An act making appropriationsVol. 24, p. 252. for sundry civil expenses of the Government for then fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, and for other purposes,” shall be deemed a part of this appropriation; and the board of control mentioned in said former appropriation shall audit the expenditures under this appropriation and report yearly to the Secretary of the Interior. indian affairs.Indian Affairs.
Telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies: To pay theSupplies. expenses of purchasing goods and supplies for the Indian service, including rent of warehouse, and pay of necessary employees, advertising at rates not exceeding regular commercial rates, inspection, and all other expenses connected therewith, including telegraphing, one thousand five hundred dollars. Fulfilling treaty with Choctaws: This amount of annuityChoctaws.Annuity money. money, lost to the Choctaw Nation by reason of a compromise made by the Secretary of the Treasury with the sureties on the bond of Lucien N.
Robinson, deceased, late superintendent of Indian affairs, under the provisions of section thirty-four hundred and sixty-nine,[R. S., sec. 8489, p. 688](/us/rs/t/s8489/p688). Revised Statutes, as per letter of the Second Auditor dated March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and nineteen dollars and eighty-three cents. Fulfilling treaty with Seminoles: This amount of annuitySeminoles.Annuity money. money, lost to the Seminole Nation by reason of a compromise made by the Secretary of the Treasury with the sureties on the bond of Lucien N.
Robinson, deceased, late superintendent of Indian affairs, under the provisions of section thirty-four hundred and sixty-nine,[R. S., sec. 3469, p. 688](/us/rs/t/s3469/p688). Revised Statutes, as per letter of the Second Auditor dated March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one thousand three hundred and four dollars and ten cents. Fulfilling treaty with Creeks: This amount of annuityCreeks. money, lost to the Creek Nation by reason of a compromise made by the Secretary of the Treasury with the sureties on the bond of Lucien N.
Robinson, deceased, late superintendent of Indian affairs, under the provisions of section thirty-four hundred and sixty-nine,[R. S., 3469, p. 688](/us/rs/t/s3469/p688). Revised Statutes, as per letter of the Second Auditor dated March twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. also letter of G. W. Stidham, special Creek delegate, dated December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. two thousand eight hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents. 14 POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department.
For rent of premises now occupied by the Washington City post-office,Washington post-office. five thousand dollars. Mail depredations and post-office inspectors: For fees toMail depredations. United States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses connected therewith, one thousand one hundred and four dollars and fifty cents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six. Ship, steamboat, and way letters: For amount expended byShip, steamboat, and way letters. postmasters in excess of appropriation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifty dollars and eighty-three cents.
To pay the claim of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas RailroadMissouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad.Payment to.*Post*, p. 581. Company, certified in House Executive Document Number Seventy, first session Forty-ninth Congress, five thousand and eighty-three dollars and twelve cents. For manufacture of adhesive postage and special delivery stamps,Stamps. six thousand eight hundred and eighty-four dollars and forty-five cents. For manufacture of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, andStamped envelopes, etc. letter sheets, sixty-five thousand two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents.
For manufacture of registered package, tag, official, and deadOfficial envelopes, etc. letter envelopes, seventeen thousand eight hundred and thirteen dollars and forty-nine cents. The foregoing sums for the postal service shall be payable from the postal revenues of the respective years to which they are properly chargeable. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. For law and miscellaneous books for the library of the Department,Library. being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, six dollars and fifty cents.
JUDICIAL. Fees of district attorneys: For payment of district attorneysDistrict attorneys’ fees. and their assistants, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, twenty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-one cents. Fees of clerks: For fees of clerks. United States courts, being aClerks’ fees. deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, eight thousand four hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-seven cents.
For fees of clerks, United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two thousand seven hundred dollars and ninety-seven cents. For fees of commissioners and justices of the peace acting as commissioners,Commissioners’ fees. being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one thousand two hundred dollars. Fees of jurors: For fees of jurors, United States courts, fiftyJurors’ fees. thousand dollars. For fees of jurors.
United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifteen thousand dollars. Fees of witnesses: For fees of witnesses, United StatesWitnesses’ fees. courts, two hundred thousand dollars. For fees of witnesses. United States courts, being a. deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, fifty-two thousands one hundred and fifty dollars. 15 For fees of witnesses, United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, sixteen thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-four cents.
Support of prisoners: For support of prisoners, United StatesSupport of prisoners. courts, forty thousand dollars. For support of prisoners, United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, eleven thousand seven hundred and forty dollars and sixty-eight cents. Rent of courtrooms: For rent of United States courtrooms,Rent of courtrooms. thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. For rent of United States courtrooms, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, eight thousand six hundred and twenty-eight dollars and three cents.
For rent of United States courtrooms, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty cents. For miscellaneous expenses United States courts, being a deficiencyMiscellaneous. for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, three thousand three hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-three cents. Expenses of Territorial courts in Utah: For expenses ofUtah courts. Territorial courts in Utah, five thousand dollars.
For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, being a deficiency tor the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, nine thousand six hundred and ten dollars and ninety-four cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, being a deficiency tor the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, five hundred and seventy-five dollars and sixty-five cents. Salaries, district judges: To pay the salary of the judge forJudges’ salaries. the southern district of Alabama from date of qualification, January thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, one thousand four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-two cents.
To pay the salary of the judge for the southern district of California from date of qualification. February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at four thousand dollars per annum, one thousand six hundred and eleven dollars and seven cents. . Salaries, district attorneys: To pay the salary of the districtDistrict attorneys’ salaries. attorney for the southern district of California from date of qualification, April seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at two hundred dollars per annum, forty-six dollars and sixty-nine cents.
Salaries, district marshals: To pay the salary of the districtMarshals’ salaries. marshal for the southern district of California from date of qualification, February fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, at two hundred dollars per annum, eighty dollars and fifty-three cents. Support of insane convicts: To enable the Attorney-General toInsane convicts. pay the States asylum for insane criminals at Auburn. New York, for the care and support of United States convicts, seven hundred and two dollars.
SENATE.Senate. For horses and wagons, one thousand five hundred dollars.Horses and wagons.Fuel, etc. For fuel, oil, and cotton-waste for heating department, two thousand eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and twenty-seven cents. For furniture and repairs of furniture, three thousand two hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-nine cents.Furniture and repairs. For packing boxes, forty-one dollars and eighty-three cents.Packing boxes. 16 For folding speeches and pamphlets, six thousand seven hundredFolding speeches. and seventy-eight dollars and thirty-three cents.
For miscellaneous items, exclusive of labor, three thousand nineMiscellaneous items. hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy cents. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Caroline W. Pike,Caroline W. Pike.Payment to. widow of Austin F. Pike, late a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, deceased, the amount of compensation as a Senator from October, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to October, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Mary S.
Logan,Mary S. Logan.Payment to. widow of John A. Logan, late a Senator from the State of Illinois, deceased, the amount of compensation as a Senator from December the twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-six to December the twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, five thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay W. R. Reynolds,W. R. Reynolds.Payment to. for services as messenger of the Senate from January seventh to February third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, inclusive, at the rate of one thousand four hundred and forty dollars per annum, the sum of one hundred and four dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay W. P. BrownlowW. P. Brownlow.Payment to. for extra services in folding-room, two hundred and forty dollars. To pay Thornton A. Jackson, laborer of Senate from FebruaryThornton A. Jackson.Payment to. seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to March fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, inclusive, fifty-two dollars. That the Secretary of the Senate be, and he is hereby,William M. Olin.Payment to. authorized and directed to pay to William M.
Olin the sum of one hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-three cents, being the amount of his compensation as clerk of the Committee on Indian Affairs, withheld from him by reason of his holding the office of clerk of customs, from December sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to January twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; the same to be paid out of any balance of the appropriation for salaries of officers, clerks, messengers, and others, Senate, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay George N. StranahanGeorge N. Stranahan.Payment to. for extra services on the Senate elevator from April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. to March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. two hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase of the Edison electric-light plant, includingElectric-light plant.Purchase of. dynamo base and frame, engine, belting, steam pipes and fittings, wiring, lamps, sockets chandeliers, drop-lights, shades, and all other appurtenances now and for some thirty months on trial in the Senate wing of the Capitol, including the cost of engineer prior to December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. five thousand three hundred and fifty dollars; and the Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized Vol. 24, p. 239.to expend the money appropriated by the act of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. for an electric-light plant; and he Report.shall report to the next Congress what, if any, will be the additional expense for fixtures, and so forth.
For clerk of Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, (C. S. Wilbur)C. S. Wilbur.Payment to. from the fourth day of March to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, seven hundred and eight dollars For compensation to J. M. Coombs, for injuries received by theJ. M. Coombs.Payment to. breaking of the gearing of the freight elevator under the sidewalk of the Senate wing of the Capitol, two thousand five hundred dollars; said amount to be in full for all damages and for medical and all other expenses incurred and to be incurred by said Coombs on account of said injuries.
To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay one month’s salaryR. A. Fennell.Payment to. from April fifteenth to May fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to R. A. Fennell, a messenger of the Senate, removed from office, 17 as provided for by resolution of the Senate of August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, one hundred and twenty-three dollars and thirty-four cents. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. To pay the widow of the late Abraham Dowdney the amount of salaryAbraham Dowdney.Payment to widow for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, one thousand one hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventeen cents.
To pay to the widow of the late John Arnot the amount of salaryJohn Arnot.Payment to widow of. for the unexpired term of his service and for mileage as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, one thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and seven cents. To pay to the widow of the late Lewis Beach the amount of salaryLewis Beach.Payment to widow of. for the unexpired term of his service and for mileage as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, two thousand nine hundred and thirty-six dollars and seventeen cents.
To pay to the widow of the late W. T. Price, the amount of salaryW. T. Price.Payment to widow of. for the unexpired term of service and for mileage as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, one thousand six hundred and forty-eight dollars and ninety-three cents. To pay to Caroline Urban. Christine Antz, and Julia Schuetze,Michael Hahn.Payment to sisters of. sisters and heirs of the late Michael Halm, the amount of salary for the unexpired term of his service as a member of the Forty-ninth Congress, four thousand nine hundred and seventy-four dollars and forty-one cents to be paid in equal parts to said sisters.
For allowance to members of the House of Representatives forStationery. stationery, six hundred and twenty-five dollars. To pay A. W. Cochran for continuing and completing the indexA. W. Cochran.Payment to. of claims reported to Congress by the Commissioners of Southern Claims under the act of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, Vol. 16. p. 524.Vol. 22, p. 485.and by the Court of Claims under the so-called “ Bowman Act” of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, at the rate of six dollars per day from the fourth of March, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to the fourth of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, one thousand six hundred and fifty dollars.
For allowance in full to the following contestants and contestees in contested-electionContested election expenses.Charles H. Page.William A. Pirce.G. W. Steele. cases: To Charles H. Page, two thousand dollars; to William A. Pirce, two thousand dollars; to G. W. Steele, one thousand dollars; in all, five thousand dollars. To enable the Architect of the Capitol to place similar ventilating Ventilation of House restaurant.apparatus in the kitchen of the House restaurant to that now in use in the Senate restaurant, as authorized by the resolution of the House adopted January eleventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, eight hundred dollars.
To pay Charles Holbrook for services as laborer from July first toCharles Holbrook.Payment to. August fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. seventy dollars. To pay R. T. Moses, for services rendered in the sealing-roomR.T. Moses.Payment to. during the mouths of December and January of the second session, Forty-ninth Congress, one hundred and forty-two dollars. That the Clerk of the House be, and he hereby is, authorized toEdwin L. Jewell.Payment to heirs of. pay to the heirs of Edwin L.
Jewell the salary provided for in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved July Vol. 24, p. 175.thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, for one assistant index clerk during the session and three months after its close, from December sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. To enable the clerk, under resolution of the House, adopted JanuaryJames Riley. eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, to payPayment of funeral expenses. the funeral expenses of James Riley, who died while an employee of the House, 18 during the Forty-seventh Congress, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-five cents.
To pay Henry Neal the difference between the pay of a laborerHenry Neal.Payment to. and the pay of a messenger during the two sessions of the Forty-ninth Congress, four hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy cents. To pay O. O. Stealey, clerk to the Speaker, at the rate of one thousand sixO. O. Stealey.Payment to. hundred dollars per annum, from July first to December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, six hundred and sixty-six dollars. To pay Maurice Ruddlesden the difference between the pay of a laborer,Maurice Ruddlesden.Payment to. at seven hundred and twenty dollars per annum, and that of a messenger, at the rate of three dollars and sixty cents per day, from July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, five hundred and eighty-three dollars and forty cents. government printing office.Government Printing Office.Extra pay for night work.
That the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay twenty-five per centum in addition to the amount paid for day labor to the employees of the Government Printing Office, such as compositors, pressmen, stereotypers, laborers, press-feeders, Record folders, and engineers, who were exclusively employed on the night forces of the Government Printing Office during the second session of the Forty-ninth*Proviso*.Amount paid to be deducted.
Congress: *Provided*, That in estimating the said twenty-five per cent, credit shall be given the Government for whatever has already been paid, or is now being paid to said employees above the rates for day work. To pay the sum of seventy-one dollars and twenty-five cents eachJ. A. Patterson. John T. Whitaker, W. E. Miller. John Talbert, John A. Bayly. A. M. Sprague. R. W. Simmons. Russell Barnes, A. R. Hilton, J. R. Francis.Payment to. to J. A. Patterson, John T. Whitaker. W.
E. Miller, and John Talbert; twenty-one dollars and seventy-five cents each to John A. Bayly and A. M. Sprague; twenty-one dollars to R. W. Simmons; six dollars and seventy-five cents each to Russell Barnes and A. R, Hilton: and four dollars and fifty cents to J. R. Francis, for services performed by them as employees of the Government Printing Office; in all, three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and fifty cents. fox and wisconsin rivers improvement For payment of judgments and awards recovered against the United StatesPayment of judgments on account of damages, improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. for flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, and reported to Congress by the Attorney-General in Senate Executive Document Ninety-four, Forty-ninth Congress, second session, as follows:
John Glatz. one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents; Andreas Haesly, four hundred and twenty-two dollars; Rufus Lane, two hundred dollars; R. C. Ernst, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; Mary Young, six hundred sixty-two dollars and sixty-six cents: E. B. Fisk, four hundred fifty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents; William McLaren, five hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty-six cents; Frederick Nable. six hundred ninety-eight dollars; Henry Kuhn, four hundred and fifty dollars:
Eliza A. Clark, three hundred and fifty dollars; Emily L. Stickney, three hundred dollars; Henry Kempf, two hundred and fifty dollars; John Kien, three hundred seventeen dollars and thirty-three cents; Robert Buckstaff, six hundred and fifty dollars; Charles Morgan, eight hundred five dollars and eighty-three cents; 19 Caroline Mitchell, Nellie Mitchell, Mary Blackman, Alice Mitchell,Payment of judgments on account of damages, improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers—Continued. and Emma Mitchell, heirs of Samuel Mitchell, deceased, three hundred forty-one dollars and sixty-six cents;
Sarah P. Locke, six hundred thirty-one dollars and sixty-six cents; T. A. Rogers, five hundred and eleven dollars; N. Naumer, five hundred eighty-two dollars and fifty cents; Nelson Allen, four hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; William B. Knapp, six hundred ninety-one dollars and sixty-seven cents; John Gores, four hundred thirty-six dollars and sixty-six cents; G. A. Randall, two hundred and eighty dollars: Charles Kalbus, five hundred sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents;
F. C. Arnold, four hundred and seventy-five dollars; Balthazar Gallatine, four hundred twenty-six dollars and sixty-six cents; Charles Rohr, five hundred ninety-one dollars and sixty-six cents; Carl Derber, four hundred dollars; George Rogers, two thousand four hundred and forty dollars; Commodore Rogers, one thousand four hundred and eighty dollars; Martha E. Roberts, two thousand two hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; D. L. Libbey, two thousand one hundred ninety-six dollars and ninety-six cents;
Henry C. Westphal, three hundred and fifty dollars; L. C. Porter, three hundred and ten dollars; John Ryf, one thousand three hundred and seventy-five dollars; J. E. La Grange, one thousand two hundred and ninety dollars and sixty-six cents; W. H. Ternouth, four hundred and seventy dollars: Pauline Schaffer, substituted for August Schaffer, ninety dollars; Frederick Webber, seventy-five dollars: Fred. Malchow and John F. Brown, four hundred dollars; Ferdinand Flester, one hundred and fifty dollars;
Ed. M. Brainerd, seven hundred and twenty-five dollars; August Beduhn, three hundred eleven dollars and sixty-six cents; P. C. Callup, four hundred and fifty dollars; Wilhelmine Naffin, four hundred fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; John R. Wheeler, four hundred forty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; George M. F. Arnold, three hundred fifty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents; Hugh Gear, four hundred eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents; Mary Dickinson, six hundred and twenty-five dollars;
A. Ackermann, three hundred fifteen dollars and twenty-five cents; Robert Jaenicke, four hundred sixty-two dollars and fifty cents; A. Merton, five hundred dollars; Regina Laescher, two hundred dollars; Lorenz Kenzel, one hundred and fifty dollars; John Scheer, one hundred dollars; Robert Petzhold, five hundred and sixty dollars; Orson Angell, eight hundred and forty dollars; Charles E. Angell, two hundred and fifty dollars; Nelson Shepperd, Catharine Shepperd, and Walter Shepperd, by his guardian ad litem, Nelson Shepperd, three hundred dollars;
Thomas Davis, six hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-six cents; Theodore Grubbe, one thousand three hundred dollars; Francis Weyerhurst, four hundred dollars; Lucas M. Miller, five thousand three hundred and thirty-two dollars; 20 Frederick Malchow. one hundred and forty dollars;Payment of judgments on account of damages, improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers—Continued. Ludwig Malchow, three hundred dollars; Gottlieb Doehmel, one thousand two hundred and ten dollars; Eric B.
Sternan. six hundred and eighty-two dollars; Mahala Sturtevant, one thousand dollars; Charles Robinson, three hundred and forty-four dollars; Patrick Quilty, one hundred dollars: G. W. Washburn, nine hundred dollars; The Island Park Association and Gabe Bouck, one thousand one hundred forty-four dollars and seventy-two cents; Peter McCourt, three hundred and fifty dollars; August Porath, four hundred and eighty dollars; John Winchlag. two hundred and ten dollars; John Behrand, one hundred dollars;
John Leonard, six hundred and twenty-five dollars; Mary E. Wright, one thousand three hundred dollars; William E. Mills, six hundred and sixty dollars; Ed. L. Matthewson, three thousand nine hundred and forty-five dollars; George W. Merritt, executor of the last will and testament of Eliza Merritt, deceased, seven hundred and eighty-four dollars; Sedate D. Paddleford, two thousand four hundred dollars; John Strum, seven hundred and forty-five dollars: John Schroeder, seven hundred and forty-four dollars:
Hausuma S. Bangs, as administratrix of the estate of Alexander Bangs, one thousand one hundred and forty dollars; A. S. Trow, seven hundred and fifty dollars; George Allanson, substituted for J. D. Harris, one hundred and sixty dollars; Mary W. Stow, two thousand seven hundred sixty-four dollars and eighty cents; Benjamin F. Moore, four thousand five hundred forty-two dollars and sixty-one cents; Hernan Hodgkin, two thousand eight hundred fifty-eight dollars and six cents; Ann White, seven hundred and forty-two dollars;
Joseph Kinsman, four thousand nine hundred sixty-three dollars and ninety seven cents; D. D. Trelevan, surviving executor of last will and testament of T. J. Wood, deceased, one thousand four hundred and sixty-six dollars and forty-nine cents; Richard B. Charles, nine hundred and sixty dollars; William R. Tallmadge, as executor of the last will and testament of William R. Tallmadge and Sarah J. Tallmadge, deceased, three hundred and twenty dollars; Gustavus A. Bensom, and Henry A.
Geisse, trustees of the estate of F. William Geisse, five hundred and twenty-four dollars; James Whitton, six hundred and eighty-two dollars; Dennis Ryan, three hundred and eighteen dollars: Nicholas Krebsbach, four hundred seventeen dollars and ninety cents; Peter Krebsbach. four hundred seventeen dollars and ninety cents; Mirton F. Mosher, as administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Mosher, deceased, one thousand four hundred seventy-seven dollars and fifty-two cents; L. H. Bishop, Luke W.
Bishop, Lucerne Bishop. Lucretia Bishop, Louisa M. Bishop, and Lafayette Bishop, eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars; James A. Fisher, one thousand two hundred and sixty dollars and thirty-three cents; Ezra Peebles, six hundred four dollars and forty-five cents; 21 J. C. Robbins, seven hundred sixty-nine dollars and fifty-five cents;Payment of judgments on account of damages, improvement of Fox and Wisconsin Rivers—Continued. Cynthia B. Ripley, two hundred thirty-two dollars and twelve cents;
Isaiah Rifenbach, one thousand one hundred forty-nine dollars and eighty-two cents; Valentine Mingel, one thousand four hundred sixty-five dollars and eighty-eight cents; Alexander W. Stow, and Randall A. Stow, three thousand dollars; Marcellus Ayers, one hundred and fifty dollars; Harvey D. Saint John, six hundred dollars; Theodore Herling, three hundred dollars; Antoinette Herling, seventy-five dollars; W. H. Miller, as administrator of the estate of William Miller, deceased, and I.
Newton Miller, three thousand three hundred seventy-nine dollars and twenty cents; John S. McDonald, six hundred and forty dollars; Ralph O. Fox and Edward McCaffrey, one hundred seven dollars and twenty cents; James Rockafellow, one hundred thirty-three dollars and thirty-eight cents; Catherine Stillwell, four hundred thirty-nine dollars and forty-five cents; Francis E. Aldrich, one hundred twenty dollars and seventy cents; George Ennis and Samuel Ennis, six hundred dollars;
Martha J. Rundell, seventy-three dollars and twenty cents; Joseph Yates, three hundred dollars; R. S. Harrington, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; Henry B. Basing, fifty dollars; in all, one hundred thousand, twenty-four dollars and fifty-three cents. *Provided*, That hereafter the United States Government shall not*Provisos*.Limitation for bringing suits. be held liable for damages heretofore or now caused by the overflow of the lands or other property of any person in the prosecution or maintenance by the United States Government of any of the works of improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, unless the action or proceeding to ascertain and determine the amount for which compensation is now legally owing for the damages occasioned by such overflow, and as contemplated by the act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, entitled “An act to aid in the improvement of the Fox andVol. 18, p. 506.
Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin,” shall have been or shall be commenced as provided in said act, and the acts amendatory thereof, prior to the passage of this act, and all claims and causes of action now existing upon which no proceeding has been already or shall be taken within the time last specified to enforce the same shall be forever barred. And the said act approved March third, eighteenVol. 18, chap. 166, p. 506, repealed. hundred and seventy-five be. and the same is hereby, repealed, but no action or proceeding which shall be pending shall be in any way affected by this repeal: *Provided, however*, That all*Proviso*.Appeals. appeals on the part of the United States to the courts from the awards and determinations of any such commission shall proceed in the same manner as though said act had not been repealed.
To pay amount of judgment in favor of Charles Sweany for flow-ageCharles Sweany.Payment to, dam ages, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, certified by the Attorney-General in House Executive Document Number Two hundred and seven, Forty-ninth Congress, first session, one thousand, sixty-seven dollars and nine cents, being in addition to the sum of one hundred fourteen dollars and sixty-five cents appropriated for costs on appeal to the superior court in the deficiency appropriation act approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. 22 To pay the amounts due the several commissioners to ascertain Payment of commissioners to ascertain damages, Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.flowage damages caused by the improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in the State of Wisconsin, as follows:
To Commissioner J. V. Swetting, one thousand one hundred seventy-three dollars and twenty-five cents; To Commissioner J. C. Burdick, one thousand four hundred forty dollars and ninety-five cents; To Commissioner J. C. Thompson, eight hundred eighty-two dollars and sixty cents To Commissioner G. H. Buckstaff, three hundred thirty-two dollars; To Commissioner E. M. Wadsworth, two hundred fifty-five dollars and fifteen cents: To Commissioner G. H. Read, three hundred fifty-seven dollars and thirty cents.
To Commissioner J. C. Burdick, one thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars; To Commissioner J. V. Swetting, one thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars; To Commissioner B. L. Cornish, one thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars; To Commissioner G. H. Buckstaff, one thousand four hundred and eighty-five dollars; In all, ten thousand five hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents. That so much of the act approved August fourth, eighteen hundredAugusta G.
Ruggles.Amount appropriated tor, reduced.Vol. 24, p. 283. and eighty-six, making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six and for prior years, and for other purposes, as appropriates twenty-two thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and six cents to pay the unappealed judgment and award of Augusta G. Ruggles, recovered against the United States, and reported by the Attorney-General in Executive Document Number Two hundred and seven, Forty-ninth Congress, first session, be, and the same is hereby, so amended as to appropriate only the sum of twenty thousand two hundred and eighty-seven dollars and six cents. judgments court of claims.
For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims, as follows:Payment of judgments, Court of Claims. William Wicks, seventy-one dollars and seventy-nine cents; The Board of Field Officers of the Fourth Brigade of South Carolina Volunteer State troops, ten thousand three hundred and sixteen dollars; David C. Gist, three hundred and fourteen dollars; William F. Craig, ninety-three dollars: George W. Davidson, two hundred and three dollars: Delafield Du Bois, two hundred and sixty-nine dollars Duane W.
Felshaw, ninety-five dollars; Robert S. Friend, one thousand and sixty-nine dollars; Alexander B. Groves, one hundred and ninety dollars: William J. Gaudin, three hundred and thirty-four dollars; Ralph L. Goodrich, nine hundred and fifty-one dollars; Thomas H. Butler, ninety-three dollars; Lewis T. Baxter, one hundred and fifty-one dollars; James M. Brown, two hundred and twelve dollars; John W. Bennett, fifty dollars; John R. Haskins, five hundred and ninety-seven dollars; Dwight G.
Hull, one hundred and thirty-six dollars; Elijah F. Hall, seventeen dollars: James S. Harvie. one hundred and thirty-one dollars; Jacob Johnson, forty-one dollars; 23 Charles C. Morrow, fifty-one dollars:Payment of judgments, Court of Claims—Continued. Charles Martindale, one hundred and eighty-five dollars: Leroy Neale, one hundred and twenty-eight dollars: Howard D. Spencer, one hundred and twenty-three dollars; Ezra T. Sprague, twenty-nine dollars; Adam C. Scott, forty-seven dollars;
George J. Thompson, one hundred and forty-nine dollars; Jonathan C. Tipton, three hundred and fifteen dollars: Harvey S. Thompson, three hundred and thirty-four dollars; William J. Ware, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars; Frank J. Washabaugh. one hundred and sixty-three dollars; M. E. Hutchinson, nine hundred and twenty-five dollars: James B. Harper, ninety-four dollars: John W. Green, three hundred and fifty-one dollars; Joseph D. Husbands, one hundred and fifteen dollars;
O. D. Laird, sixty dollars; James P. Rader, six hundred and forty-eight dollars; John F. Burrow, thirty-five dollars: Henry C. Cowles, sixty-seven dollars; Clayton C. Herr, eighteen dollars: George P. Waldron, one hundred and fifty-one dollars; Samuel Ellison, eighty-seven dollars: Joseph D. Husbands, five hundred and fifteen dollars; A. Winslow, one hundred and sixty-six dollars; William J. Folsom, two hundred and seventeen dollars; James W. Wartman, one hundred and sixty-six dollars;
Thomas B. Ford, one hundred and fourteen dollars: Frank W. Fant, one hundred and twenty-three dollars; William G. Bogle, one hundred and one dollars: Thomas L. Edelen, three hundred and forty dollars; James H. Rose, three hundred and fifteen dollars: Elbert Wallace, three hundred and seventy-nine dollars; William Muirheid. four hundred and two dollars; Samuel Bell, four hundred and sixty dollars: D. D. Davies, nine hundred and sixty dollars; James H. Tinsley, six hundred and thirty-one dollars;
James D. Stevenson, forty dollars: Abner Hazeltine, one hundred and fifty dollars: Joseph W. Dimmick, one hundred and” forty dollars: William J. Gayer, three hundred and eighty-three dollars; John T. Green four hundred and twenty-eight dollars. William D. McKinstry, fifty-two dollars; John Q. Tufts, one hundred and thirteen dollars; James D. Stevenson, one hundred and thirty-six dollars; James C. Anderson, two hundred and twenty-three dollars; George Paschal, two hundred and sixty-five dollars:
A. T. Summey, one hundred and ninety-one dollars; Anthony Sambola. two hundred and thirty-one dollars: Fay Hempstead, two hundred and fourteen dollars; John E. Pound, six hundred and fifteen dollars: A. J. Northrup, three hundred and nineteen dollars: Johnson T. Platt, one hundred and forty dollars; W. G. B. Morris, five hundred and fifty-one dollars; James G. Harrison, ninety dollars; James G. Harrison, seventeen dollars; M. L. Rogers, administrator, four hundred and thirteen dollar Alfred E.
Buck, fifty-nine dollars: J. H. Finks, one hundred and fifty-seven dollars: J. E. Johnson, four hundred and twenty-two dollars: Charles A. Marston, one hundred and six dollars: Alfred B. Getty, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars; Frank M. Hunter, two hundred and nine dollars; 24 William N. Payne, two hundred and ten dollars;Payment of judgments, Court of Claims—Continued. Gustav Hahn, two hundred dollars: William H. McGrew, one hundred and seventy-nine dollars; Lovell H. Webb, sixty-eight dollars;
Samuel Baird, ninety dollars; J. M. Tinney, ninety dollars; Southard Hoffman, fifty dollars; Frank Hardin, one hundred and seven dollars; M. F. Caldwell, seventy-eight dollars; George C. Neill, four hundred and twenty-six dollars; William H. Hunter, five hundred and twenty-one dollars; John H. Wallace, nine hundred and fifty-five dollars; Hugh W. Harris, twenty-three dollars; J. E. Johnson, one hundred and sixty dollars; James P. Rader, one hundred and fifty dollars; Benjamin Gardner, four hundred and twenty dollars and thirty-five cents;
Charles P. Barrett, seven hundred and thirteen dollars; J. B. Frier, one hundred and sixty-six dollars; Henry T. Lee, one thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars; Samuel B. Crail. sixty-nine dollars; Adolphus D. Grim wood, seventy-nine dollars; John T. Davidson, two hundred and forty-three dollars; Julius H. Heyward, nine hundred and three dollars; To pay the judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the Pacific Railroad, eighty-five thousand three hundred and ninety-six dollars and twenty-four cents, being in addition to the sum of forty-four thousand eight hundred dollars and seventy-four cents, Vol. 24, p. 275.appropriated by the act approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to pay a judgment in favor of said Pacific Railroad, which two sums shall be in full satisfaction of the judgment in favor of the Pacific Railroad reported to Congress in the House Executive Document Number Twenty-nine, Fiftieth Congress, first session.
Joshua Bishop, eight hundred and sixteen dollars and fifty-eight cents, with interest at five per centum, from May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; F. M. Symonds, one thousand one hundred and twenty-two dollars and twenty-nine cents, with interest at five per centum, from May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; Susanna E. Dunn, administratrix, two thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and ten cents, with interest at five per centum, from May sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six;
John V. Bouvier, seventy-four dollars and thirty-two cents; William M. Parks and Company, one thousand one hundred and ninety-eight dollars and sixty-nine cents; G. T. Bonner and Company, one thousand six hundred and thirty-six dollars and forty-two cents; Vernam and Hoy, five hundred and fifty-three dollars and seventy-three cents; E. P. Scott and Company, four hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents; Philip W. Schneider, four thousand five hundred dollars; W.
L. Bryan, seventy-five dollars; John H. Wallace, two hundred and eighteen dollars: L. W. Billingsley, five hundred and thirty-eight dollars; Horace E. Andrews, three hundred and five dollars; B. W. Etheridge, eighty-six dollars; John McGowan, seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and fifty-five cents; William A. Morgan, nine hundred and sixty-four dollars; Joseph E. Jones, seven hundred dollars; 25 George R. Durand, four hundred and forty-five dollars and ninety-eightPayment of judgments.
Court of Claims—Continued. cents; James M. Forsyth, seven hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eight cents: George B. Livingston, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; William W. Rhodes, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; Henry R. Baker, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; David G. McRitchie, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; William H. Webb, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; Samuel Belden, five hundred and seventy-three dollars and twenty-six cents;
Zera L. Tanner, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; William P. Randall, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; Edward T. Strong, six hundred and ninety-two dollars and seventy cents; M. H. Crawford, eighty-nine dollars and ninety-five cents; John L. Neilson, one hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-six cents; John Lowe, four hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-two cents; F. M. Dearborne, four hundred and fifty-five dollars and fifty cents;
James M. Flint, five hundred dollars; Charles H. Rockwell, six hundred and ninety-one dollars and sixty cents; John R. Musick, ninety dollars; Harry R. Probasco, two hundred and ten dollars; Joseph P. Shaw, sixty-six dollars; Charles F. Hill, two hundred and three dollars; Jacob C. Harper, two hundred and ninety-two dollars; John Mefford, two hundred and ninety-eight dollars; Nannie T. Bondurant, executrix, two hundred and twelve dollars; Frank D. Mead, ninety-one dollars; McLain Jones, two thousand one hundred and nine dollars;
Frederick W. Perkins, six hundred and eleven dollars; James L. Strain, seventy-nine dollars; Frederick E. Smith, seventy dollars; Joseph M. Stafford, one hundred and thirty-nine dollars: William N. Hayward, one hundred and thirty-five dollars; Thomas G. Henderson, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars; William B. Tinsley, sixty dollars; William W. Stoops, fifty-one dollars; James W. Lacy, fifty-eight dollars; . John H. Stevenson, four thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and ten cents;
John C. Wood, fifty-two dollars: John W. Shook, six hundred and thirty-eight dollars; H. Cabaniss, two hundred and sixty-four dollars; M. A. Lewis, one hundred and sixty-two dollars; R. A. Donnelly, three hundred and forty dollars; William W. Burnett, sixteen dollars; James Denton, forty-eight dollars; James Parks, seventy-four dollars; Daniel Gunn, eighty-five dollars; C. B. Coatney, one hundred and ten dollars; Richard Kennedy, one hundred and sixty-eight dollars; 26 James Nash, eight hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-sevenPayments of judgments, Court of Claims—Continued. cents;
William A. Cooper, one thousand one hundred and two dollars and seventeen cents: Thomas S. Collier, one thousand one hundred and two dollars and seventy-eight cents; Thomas Bennett, one thousand five hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-two cents; Thomas P. Venable, nine hundred and fifty-four dollars and forty-nine cents; William Jones, one thousand two hundred and thirty dollars and thirty-one cents; Joseph Swift, one thousand three hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixteen cents;
Margaret Harding, administratrix of J. Harding, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cents; Andrew Harman, eighty-nine dollars and fifty cents; James Hayes, one thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty-four cents; Lizzie E. Simpson, administratrix of Andrew Milne, one thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty-six cents: Elisha J. Beacham, one thousand and fifty-two dollars and fifty-five cents; Henry Ann Stuart, administratrix of Charles Stuart, one thousand one hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-six cents;
John L. Davis, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and eighty-three cents; Warren Barnard, eight hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-seven cents; Warren Kidder and Company, thirty-nine dollars and five cents; William and John O’Brien, four thousand three hundred and fifty-two dollars and twenty-one cents; H. G. Marquand, one thousand four hundred and forty dollars and fifty-seven cents; Morgan. Keene and Company, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and forty-nine cents;
Grant and Son, eight hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-one cents; Grant and Company, ninety-four dollars and sixty-one cents; Junius W. Branham, two hundred and twenty-eight dollars; Samuel C. Dunlap, one thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars; J. W. McMath, one hundred and seventy-one dollars; John C. Brittain, six hundred sixty-eight dollars; Leland Brothers and Company, one hundred and sixty-five dollars and forty-two cents; Samuel M. Hilterbrand, sixty-nine dollars and twenty cents;
Harvey D. Wilson, one hundred dollars; in all, one hundred and eighty-four thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and *Proviso*.Appeal.Payment of claims certified by accounting officers of the Treasury.sixteen cents: *Provided*, That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired. Sec. 2. That for the payment of a portion of the claims certified to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five Vol. 18, p. 110.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-four and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section Vol. 23, p. 254.two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Nineteen, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated, as follows: 27 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by First Comptroller. state department.Department of State.
Foreign intercourse: For salaries Consular Service, eighteenConsular salaries. hundred and eighty-four and prior years, one hundred and ten dollars and sixty-five cents; For contingent expenses United States consulates, eighteen hundredContingent expenses, consulates. and eighty-four and prior years, two hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-five cents; For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundredRelief of American seamen. and eighty-four and prior years, four hundred and twenty-three dollars and sixty-two cents;
For loss on bills of exchange, diplomatic service, eighteen hundredLoss on exchange. and eighty-four and prior years, thirty-seven dollars and forty-three cents For running and marking the boundary-line between the United StatesMexican boundary.Vol. 9, p. 801. and Mexico (act August twelfth, eighteen hundred and forty-eight), seventy-seven dollars and seventy-six cents. treasury department.Treasury Department. Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internalInternal revenue.Collectors’ salaries. revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, four thousand sixty-eight dollars and thirty cents.
For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers ofAgents expenses. internal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty-five cents. For expenses of assessing and collecting internal revenue, eighteenAssessing and colecting. hundred and seventy-five and prior years, two hundred and eight dollars. For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into theRefunding erroneous receipts. Treasury prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, nine hundred and seventy dollars and fifteen cents.
For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty-nine cents. For drawback on stills exported (act March first, eighteen hundredDrawback on stills.Vol. 20, p.842. and seventy-nine), nine hundred dollars. For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteenRefunding taxes. hundred and eighty-three, fourteen thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and sixty-two cents: *Provided*, That if it appear by*Proviso*.Payment. legal proof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that any of the corporations, named in said Executive document as paving said tax, never deducted or with held the same from the alien holders of such stock or bonds and that the same is not due to said aliens, payment may be made to the corporation. miscellaneous.
For propagation of food-fishes, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourPropagation of food fishes. and prior years, four dollars and thirty cents. navy department.Navy Department . For miscellaneous expenses. Hydrographic Office, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, one thousandHydrographic Office. four hundred and thirty-four dollars and ninety-seven cents. interior department.Interior Department. For contingent expenses Department of the Interior, eighteen Contingent expenses.hundred and eighty-four and prior years, one hundred and thirty-three dollars and ten cents. 28 For expenses of the Eighth Census, one hundred and twenty-eightEighth Census. dollars and forty-five cents.
Public land service: For salaries and commissions of registersPublic lands.Salaries, registers and receivers and receivers, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, two thousand eight hundred and fifty-one dollars and twenty cents. For contingent expenses of land offices, eighteen hundredContingent expenses, land offices. and eighty-four and prior years, eighty-two dollars and thirty-one cents. For expenses of depositing public moneys, eighteen hundred andExpenses, depositing public money. eighty-four and prior years, sixty cents.
For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourTimber depredations. and prior years, one hundred and thirty-four dollars and ninety-five cents. For surveying the public lands, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior Surveying.years, one hundred dollars. For Geological Survey, eighteen hundred and eighty-four andGeological Survey. prior years, to pay the claims numbered two hundred and fifty-three thousand two hundred and thirty-nine and two hundred and fifty thousand six hundred and sixty-six, certified in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, thirty-six dollars and forty-six cents.
For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys for excess ofReimbursing receivers. deposits, nine hundred and ninety-three dollars and three cents. For expenses of inspectors. General Land Office, eighteen hundred and Inspectors.eighty-four and prior years, fifteen dollars. For five, three and two per centum fund to States, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, sevenFive, three, and two per cent. fund. thousand nine hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifteen cents. department of justice.Department of Justice.
Judicial expenses: For fees and expenses of marshals. UnitedMarshals’ fees. States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, seven hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty cents. For fees of district attorneys, United States courts, eighteen hundredDistrict attorneys’ fees. and eighty-four and prior years, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and sixty cents. For fees of clerks, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourClerks’ fees. and prior years, thirty-eight dollars.
For fees of commissioners, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourCommissioners’ fees. and prior years, one hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty-five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred andWitnesses’ fees. eighty-four and prior years, ninety-eight dollars and eighty cents. For fees of jurors, United States courts, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourJurors’ fees. and prior years, eighty dollars and twenty cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteen hundredSupport of prisoners. and eighty-four and prior years, two hundred and sixty-three dollars.
For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteenExpenses, courts. hundred and eighty-four and prior years, two thousand and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents. For expenses of United States courts, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, forty-four dollars. For salaries, district marshals, eighteen hundred and eighty-four andMarshals’ salaries. prior years, thirty-one dollars and eighty-eight cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs.
For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs prior to JulyCollecting customs. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, seventy-three thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and seventy-two cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundredFuel, etc., public buildings. and eighty-four and prior years, sixty-seven dollars. 29 For lighting and buoying Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers,Lighting, etc., Mississippi. Missouri, and Ohio Rivers.Furniture, public buildings. eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, thirty dollars.
For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, two dollars and fifty cents. For salaries keepers of lighthouses, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourLighthouse keepers. and prior years, one hundred and seventy-six dollars and sixty-seven cents. For relief of William J. Smith, late surveyor of customs, Memphis, Tennessee,William J. Smith.Payment to. two thousand and four dollars and ninety-nine cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department claims, Second Auditor and Second Comptroller.
For pay of two and three years’ volunteers, eighteen hundred andPay. two and three years’ volunteers. seventy-one and prior years, two hundred and fifty-one thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars and eighty-two cents. For pay of volunteers (Mexican war), eighteen hundred and seventy-one Mexican war volunteers.and prior years, ten dollars and seventy-two cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourArmy pay. and prior years, fourteen thousand and fifty-two dollars and thirty-seven cents.
For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, eighteen Bounty.hundred and seventy-one and prior years, two hundred and eighty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-six dollars and fifty-six cents. For bounty act July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six,Vol. 14, p. 322 eighteen hundred and eighty and prior years, fifty-one thousand two hundred and eighteen dollars and fifty-six cents. For expenses of recruiting, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and priorRecruiting expenses. years, seven dollars and seventy-five cents.
For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourMedical department. and prior years, sixty-seven dollars. For traveling expenses of First Michigan Cavalry prior to JulyFirst Michigan Cavalry. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and sixty-five dollars and eighty-two cents. For traveling expenses of California and Nevada Volunteers priorCalifornia and Nevada volunteers. to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, forty-nine dollars and forty-seven cents.
For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourContingencies. Army. and prior years, forty-nine dollars and ten cents. For collecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, eighteen hundred.Volunteers, collecting, etc. and seventy-one and prior years, thirty-nine dollars and fifty cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (INDIAN) CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Indian claims. Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. For contingencies of the Indian Department, eighteen hundred andContingencies. eighty-four and prior years, for payment of the claim numbered nine thousand one hundred and forty-seven in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, nine dollars and forty cents.
For support of Klamaaths and Modocs, eighteen hundred andKlamaths and Modocs. eighty-four and prior years, two hundred and sixty-nine dollars. For twenty per centum additional compensation, prior to JulyTwenty per cent. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, two hundred and seventy-two dollars and eighty-three cents. For pay of Indian agents, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and priorIndian agents. years, three dollars and one cent. For incidental expenses of Indian service in Oregon, eighteen hundredOregon, incidental expenses. and eighty-four and prior years, five hundred dollars.
For support of Indian schools, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourIndian schools. and prior years, four dollars. 30 For support of Crows, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and priorCrows. years, one thousand one hundred and fifty-five dollars. For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-four Supplies, transportation.and prior years, except the claim numbered nine thousand six hundred and one in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, four thousand and seven dollars and forty-seven cents.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller.Interior Department. interior department. For Army pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and priorPensions. years, three hundred and ninety-four dollars and eighty-three cents. For fees of examining surgeons, eighteen hundred and eighty-four Examining surgeons.and prior years, thirty-nine dollars. war department.War Department. For Signal Service, incidental expenses, eighteen hundred andSignal Service. eighty-five, two hundred and fifty-four dollars and eighty cents.
For Signal Service, incidental expenses, eighteen hundred andIncidental expenses. eighty-four and prior years, four hundred and one dollars and forty-five cents. For Signal Service, transportation, eighteen hundred and eighty-four Transportation, Signal Service.and prior years, for the payment of the claims numbered eighty-nine thousand six hundred and forty-four, eighty-nine thousand six hundred and forty-three, and eighty-nine thousand and thirty-three, in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, forty-two dollars and thirty-four cents.
For contingencies of fortifications, seven thousand three hundredFortifications. and four dollars and seven cents. For gunboats on western rivers, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and priorGun-boats. years, twenty dollars and fifty-six cents. For construction and operation of a line of telegraph on theArmy telegraph. frontier settlements of Texas prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four. fifteen cents. For expenses of minutemen and volunteers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, andMinute men.
Ohio, fifty-four dollars and seventy-five cents. For Rogue River Indian war prior to July first, eighteen hundred andRogue River Indian war. eighty-four, one thousand three hundred and nine dollars and seventy-one cents. For twenty per centum additional compensationTwenty per cent. prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-six cents. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and WashingtonOregon and Washington volunteers. volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, and eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, one thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-nine cents.
For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers,Expenses of States, raising volunteers. ninety-two thousand one hundred and fifty-six dollars and seventy-two cents. For subsistence of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourArmy subsistence. and prior years, three thousand two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-three cents. For regular supplies. Quartermasters Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourQuartermaster’s Department, regular supplies. and prior years, except the claim numbered eighty-one thousand one hundred and two. in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, one thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and thirty-one cents. 31 For incidental expenses, Quartermasters’ Department, eighteen Quartermaster’s Department, incidental expenses.hundred and eighty-four and prior years, one thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars and fifty-two cents.
For transportation of the Army and its supplies, eighteen hundredArmy transportation. and eighty-four and prior years, except the claims of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, certified in said Executive Document Number Nineteen, twenty thousand and sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certainFifty per cent, arrears transportation. land-grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, six thousand five hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-four cents.
For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-four and Barracks and quarters.prior years, thirteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven dollars and seventy-one cents. For construction and repair of hospitals, eighteen hundredHospitals. and eighty-four and prior years, three thousand one hundred and eighty-four dollars and eighty-nine cents. For clothing, camp, and garrison equipage, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourClothing, camp and garrison equipage. and prior years, one thousand four hundred and fifty-four dollars and sixty-three cents.
For horses for cavalry and artillery, eighteen hundred and eighty-fourHorses. and prior years, three thousand nine hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-one cents. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel StatesCommutation of rations. prisoners of war. and to soldiers on furlough prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, nineteen thousand five hunched and fifty-nine dollars and forty-four cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service prior toHorse, etc., claims.
July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, one hundred and seven thousand six hundred and ninety-three dollars and seventy-two cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Navy claims, Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of the Navy prior to July first, eighteen hundred andNavy pay. eighty-four, nine thousand seven hundred and ninety-two dollars and forty-three cents. For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and eighty-four andMiscellaneous. prior years, one hundred and forty-four dollars and ten cents.
For pay, Marine Corps, prior to July first, eighteen hundred andMarine Corps pay. eighty-four, seventy-five dollars and sixty-two cents. For extra pay, Pacific Squadron, act March third, eighteen hundredExtra pay, Pacific squadron.Vol. 10, p. 220. and fifty-three, three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents. For equipment of vessels. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteenEquipment of vessels. hundred and eighty-four and prior years, four hundred and sixty-three dollars and thirty cents.
For contingent, Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteenBureau of Equipment and Recruiting. hundred and eighty-four and prior years, three hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty-six cents. For construction and repair. Bureau of Construction and Repair,Bureau of construction and Repair. eighteen hundred and eighty-four and prior years, two thousand one hundred and forty-five dollars and eighty-four cents. For provisions. Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteenBureau of Provisions and Clothing. hundred and eighty-four and prior years, two thousand and ninety-five dollars and thirty-one cents.
For Medical Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen hundredBureau of Medicine and Surgery. and eighty-four and prior years, five dollars. For indemnity for lost clothing prior to July first, eighteen hundred andLost clothing. eighty-four, seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and seventeen cents. 32FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Chs. 4, 5. 1888. For payment on account of clothing or bedding destroyed by order Destroyed clothing.for sanitary purposes in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, one hundred and eighty-nine dollars and five cents.
For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels prior to JulyBounty, destruction of enemies’ vessels. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and ninety-three dollars and thirty-four cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteenEnlistment bounties. hundred and eighty-four, two thousand one hundred and forty-four dollars and fifty cents. For the payment of claims for difference between actual expensesMileage claims. and mileage, allowed under the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Graham versus United States, eighteen thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty three cents.
Sec. 3. That for the payment of a portion of the claims certified toPostmasters’ salaries. be due by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department under appropriations, the balances of which have been Vol. 18, p. 110.exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four and Vol. 23, p. 254.prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Thirty-two, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows:
For compensation of postmasters readjusted under act of MarchReadjusted compensation.Vol. 22, p. 600. third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, payable from deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars and five cents For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-fivePostal revenues. and prior years, except the claims designated as A l, A 2, and A 3 and the claims numbered eight thousand six hundred and forty-six and nine thousand four hundred and ninety-five in said Executive Document Number Thirty-two, forty-nine thousand eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and seventy-nine cents.
Approved, February 1, 1888.
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