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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 25 STAT. · March 30, 1888 · Chapter 47

Chapter 47. to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes

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CHAP. 47.— An Act to provide for certain of the most urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the service of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and for other purposes.March 30, 1888. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Urgent deficiencies appropriations. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the objects hereinafter expressed, for the service of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and prior years, namely:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. public buildings.Public buildings. For Treasury building, Washington, District of Columbia:Washington, D. C. For completion of silver vault, one thousand dollars. For new freight elevator, two thousand dollars. For repairs to Treasury building, four thousand dollars. For customhouse and sub-treasury at Chicago, Illinois:Chicago, Ill. That the balance of appropriations for “iron tie rods” and “repairing stone work ” be made available for customhouse and sub-treasury repairs.
For courthouse and post-office at Aberdeen. Miss.: For iron fence,Aberdeen, Miss. sidewalk, of approaches, in excess of the limit, four thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Auburn, N. Y.: For completion,Auburn, N. Y. in excess of the limit, thirty thousand dollars. For fireproofing building, twelve thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Augusta. Me.: For completionAugusta, Me. in excess of the limit, thirty-five thousand dollars. For fireproofing building, twelve thousand dollars.
For customhouse and post-office at Buffalo, N. Y.: For completion.Buffalo, N. Y. in excess of the limit, five hundred dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Carson City. Nev.: For completion.Carson City, Nev. in excess of the limit, thirty-six thousand dollars. For customhouse wharf at Charleston, S. C.: For extension and completion,Charleston, S. C. in excess of the limit, one hundred and thirty-eight thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Concord, N. H.: For completion,Concord, N.
H. in excess of the limit, eleven thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Dallas, Tex.: For completion,Dallas, Tex. in excess of the limit, eleven thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Denver. Colo.: For extension and completion,Denver, Colo. in excess of the limit, sixty thousand dollars. For marine-hospital at Detroit. Mich.: For boiler and engine-house,Detroit, Mich. two thousand five bundled dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Fort Wayne, Ind.:
For completion.Fort Wayne, Ind. in excess of the limit, sixteen thousand dollars. For post-office at Hannibal, Mo.: For completion,Hannibal, Mo. in excess of the limit, two thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Jackson. Tenn.: For completion,Jackson, Tenn. in excess of the limit, one thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Keokuk. Iowa: For completion,Keokuk, Iowa. in excess of the limit, fifteen thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Leavenworth.
Kans.: For completion,Leavenworth, Kans. in excess of the limit, in a fireproof manner, including the erection of an iron stairway, seven thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Louisville, Ky.: That limit ofLouisville, Ky. cost of building be exclusive of amount paid for site. 48 For courthouse and post-office at Lynchburgh, Va.: For completion,Lynchburgh. Va. in excess of the limit, two thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Manchester, N. H.: For fireproofing and completion,Manchester.
N. H. in excess of the limit, forty-six thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Montpelier. Vt.: For completion,Montpelier, Vt. in excess of the limit, twenty thousand dollars. For fireproofing building, fifteen thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Pensacola, Fla.: For completion,Pensacola. Fla. in excess of the limit, two thousand dollars. For customhouse and post-office at Port Townsend. Wash.: For completion,Port Townsend, Wash. in excess of the limit, thirty-eight thousand dollars.
For post-office at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.: For completion,Poughkeepsie. N. Y. in excess of the limit, five hundred dollars. For customhouse at Richmond. Va.: For completion,Richmond, Va. in excess of the limit, thirty-three thousand dollars. For courthouse and post-office at Rochester, N. Y.: For fireproofing and completion,Rochester, N. Y. in excess of the limit, fifty thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Shreveport. La.: For plumbing and completion,Shreveport, La. in excess of the limit, two thousand dollars.
For post-office at Springfield, Ohio: For completion,Springfield, Ohio. in excess of the limit, fifteen thousand dollars. For fireproofing building, twenty-three thousand dollars. For post-office at Saint Joseph. Mo.: For unforeseen expenditure,Saint Joseph, Mo. resulting from settling of the building and occasioning tearing down, strengthening foundations, and rebuilding, forty thousand dollars. For post-office and courthouse at Syracuse, N. Y.: For graniteSyracuse, N.Y. work for approaches, and completion, in excess of the limit, and for extension of building on the north side thereof fifteen feet and one story high, which extension is hereby authorized, sixty-five thousand dollars.
For post-office at Terre Haute. Ind.: For completion,Terre Haute, Ind. in excess of the limit, thirty-two thousand dollars. For customhouse and courthouse at Toledo. Ohio: For completion.Toledo, Ohio. in excess of the limit, seventeen thousand dollars. For courthouse at Jefferson City, Mo.: For completionJefferson City, Mo. of the building, three thousand dollars. For courthouse at Columbus. Ohio: For elevator, eight thousandColumbus, Ohio. dollars. For customhouse at Nashville.
Tennessee: For the constructionNashville, Tenn. of an elevator, four thousand dollars. Post-office at Jersey City. New Jersey: For necessary extensionJersey City, N. J. of the building, twelve thousand two hundred dollars. mints and assay offices.Mints and assay offices. For wages assay office at Boise City, one thousand eight hundredBoise City.Wages. and ninety dollars. For wages assay office at Boise City, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, three hundred and thirty-five dollars.
For wages assay office at Boise City, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and thirty-five dollars. For freight on bullion and coin, mints and assay offices, five Freight on bullion and coin.thousand dollars. light-stations.Light stations. Hell Gate Light-Station, New York: For use of the groundHell Gate N. Y.Rent of site at Hallet’s Point occupied as a site for the light-house and fog-signal established at Hallet’s Point near Hell Gate.
New York, from April first, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and 49 eighty-eight, one thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. And the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to remove the property of the Government from said ground on or before June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight. In additionCastle Hill. R. I.Vol. 24, p. 225. to the amount appropriated by the act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government, approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. for the establishment of a light-house and fog-signal at Castle Hill.
Rhode Island, the sum of five thousand dollars. Hunting Island Light-Station, South Carolina: For the removalHunting Island. S.C. and re-erection of the light-house at Hunting Island, South Carolina, including the purchase of a safer site therefor, fifty-one thousand dollars. Lake Borgne Light-Station, Mississippi: For establishing aLake Borgne, Miss. light and fog-signal to guide into Lake Borgne. Louisiana, instead of Saint Joseph’s Island light-station, eight thousand dollars.
Northwest Seal Rock Light-Station, California: For continuingNorthwest Seal Rock, Cal. the construction of a light-house on Northwest Seal Rock, off Point Saint George, California, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Tender for the Gulf Coast: For a tender for service uponTender for Gulf the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, twenty-seven thousand dollars. Coast and Geodetic Survey.—Office expenses: For copper-plates,Coast and Geodetic Survey.Office expenses. chart-paper, printer’s ink. copper, zinc, and chemicals for electrotyping and photographing; engraving, printing, photographing. and electrotyping supplies; for extra drawing and engraving; and for photolithographing charts and printing from stone for immediate use, six thousand dollars. territorial governments.Territories.
Legislative expenses, Territory of Montana: For the extraordinaryMontana.Legislative expenses. session of the fifteenth legislative assembly, begun August twenty-ninth and ending September fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twelve members of the council, seventeen days, eight hundred and sixteen dollars: mileage, members of the council, seven hundred and sixty dollars and eighty cents; twenty-four members of the house, seventeen days, one thousand six hundred and thirty-two dollars; mileage, members of the house, one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven dollars and eighty cents; presiding and subordinate officers, nine hundred and twenty-three dollars: rent of halls and committee rooms, four hundred and eighty-five dollars; fitting up halls, removing furniture, two hundred and fifty-five dollars; new furniture, carpets, and repairing, two hundred dollars; stationery for legislative assembly, three hundred and fifty dollars; fuel and lights, legislative halls, two hundred and ninety-five dollars; temporary clerk, secretary’s office, four hundred dollars; printing bills, laws, and journals, three thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; in all, eleven thousand two hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty cents. miscellaneous objects.Miscellaneous.
Treasurer’s Office: For the purchase of additional presses andTreasurer’s office.Presses, etc. separating machines for the use of the office of the Treasurer of the United States in printing seals upon United States notes and silver certificates, and in separating the same, and for repairs to the presses now in use. ten thousand four hundred dollars. Contingent expenses. Treasury Department:To supply aContingent expenses. deficiency in the appropriation for contingent expenses.
Treasury Department, 50 For freight, expressage, telegrams, and telephone service, two thousand dollars. Plans for public buildings:For books, photographic materials,Plans for buildings. and in duplicating plans required for public buildings under control of the Treasury Department, one thousand dollars. Expenses of collecting the revenue from customs: ToCollecting revenue from customs. supply a deficiency in the appropriation for expenses of collecting the revenue from customs for the fiscal year ended June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
Bureau of the Mint: For an encaustic tile floor for the laboratoryMint. connected with the Bureau of the Mint, five hundred and forty dollars. That so much of the act approved March third, eighteen hundredJoshua Everhart.Appropriation for, repealed. and seventy-seven, entitled “Au act making appropriations for the payment of claims reported allowed by the Commissioners of Claims Vol. 19, p. 535.under the act of Congress of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-one,” as appropriates the sum of seven hundred and twenty-five dollars to Joshua Everhart, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Building corner Seventeenth and F Streets: For cleaningBuilding corner 17th and F streets. and kalsomining the rooms in the building corner of Seventeenth and F streets, to be vacated by the War Department offices, one thousand dollars. For carpets, matting, oilcloth, furniture, shelving, and so forth, for said rooms, including labor and other necessary expenses of removal from the rented buildings now occupied by the Second Auditor’s Office, five thousand five hundred dollars.
For fuel, lights, and other necessary expenses of said building from March first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand five hundred dollars. That such balance of the appropriation made by the act of MarchEmployees.Vol. 24, p. 618. third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, for salaries of employees of the building corner of Seventeenth and F streets as shall remain unexpended at the time of the vacation, as required by said act, of the offices of the War Department therein, is hereby authorized to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the building placed under his control.
Suppressing counterfeiting and other crimes:For continuingSuppressing crimes, etc. the investigation of certain claims of Indian soldiers and their heirs for arrears of pay and bounty, two thousand dollars. Fish Commission: For salary of the Commissioner of Fish andFish Commissioner.Salary. Fisheries from date of qualification in office. February eighteenth to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum, one thousand eight hundred and forty dollars and sixty-eight cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Pay of Assistant Custodians and Janitors: For pay of assistantAssistant custodians and janitors. custodians and janitors, including all personal services in connection with public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department outside of the District of Columbia and including the reinstatement of so many of the persons discharged or suspended since February first, as may be absolutely necessary, and for such new buildings as may be completed and ready for occupancy within the current fiscal year, fifteen thousand dollars.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. For salary of janitor of the Amidon School building, from July first,Janitor, Amidon School building. eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, inclusive, five hundred dollars. 51 For erecting two fire escapes upon the buildings of the ReformedReform School.Fire escapes. School, of design and character to be approved by the building inspector of the District, one thousand one hundred dollars.
That one-half of the foregoing amounts to meet deficiencies in 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. Increase of water-supply, Washington, District of ColumbiaIncrease of water supply. To enable the Secretary of War to complete the work of increasing the water-supply of the city of Washington, under the act entitled ‘An act to increase the water-supply of the city of Washington,Vol. 22, p. 168. and for other purposes,” approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, namely:
For completion of lining of the tunnel, twoTo complete. hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; for completing shafts, west connection, and for superintendence and engineering, thirty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; and for general contingencies of the work, twenty thousand dollars; in all, three hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars: all of said work to be completed by November first, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight: said sum to be subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the said act of July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and of the act approved July fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,Vol. 22, p. 168.Vol. 23. p. 132. making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, as to its apportionment and settlement bet ween the United States and the District of Columbia, and the refunding thereof.
The work above provided for to be done under the contract heretofore made or by a reletting, as in the discretion of the Secretary of War shall be most promotive of the interest of the Government: *Provided*, That no contract shall be made at prices greater*Proviso*.Contract prices. than the prices allowed under contract under which work has been heretofore done on said tunnel. WAR DEPARTMENT.War Department. State, War, and Navy Building: For the following additionalSuperintendent of State.
War, and Navy Building. force under the Superintendent of the State, War, and Navy Department building from February first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, namely: For one assistant engineer, at the rate of one thousand dollars per Additional force.annum, and twenty-eight charwomen, at the rate of two hundred and forty dollars each per annum; in all, three thousand two hundred and three dollars and sixty cents. office of the Surgeon-General: For salaries of the Surgeon-General’s Office. additional force from April first to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, namely:
For one engineer, at the rate of oneEngineers, etc. thousand tour hundred dollars per annum; one assistant engineer, for night duty, at the rate of nine hundred dollars per annum; two firemen at the rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars each per annum: and two laborers at the rate of six hundred and sixty dollars each per annum; in all, one thousand two hundred and ten dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. For needed repairs and improvements on the old Museum buildingRepairs, etc. and annex, on Tenth street, between E and F, now occupied by the record and pension division, Surgeon-General’s Office, as follows:
For new steam heating apparatus, including necessary pipes and radiators, three thousand dollars. For new plumbing throughout, two thousand dollars. For woodwork, including the repair of floors, windows, doors, and water-closets, five hundred dollars. 52 For kalsomining walls, ceilings, hallways, and repairing plastering, three hundred and ninety-five dollars. For necessary painting of wood and iron work, including cases, shelving, and necessary glazing, five hundred dollars; in all, six *Proviso.*Printing.thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars: *Provided*, That the printing press and material formerly in use in the office of the Surgeon-General may be used by the record and pension division of that office to expedite as much as possible the work of the division, and for no other purpose. military establishment.Military establishment.
Pay of the Army: For mileage to officers, when authorized byArmy pay, mileage. law. forty thousand three hundred and eight dollars and seventy-six cents; to be disbursed under the limitations prescribed for the Vol. 24, p. 396.appropriation for mileage to officers by the Army appropriation act approved February ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. Signal Service of the Army: For expenses of the Signal ServiceSignal Service.Expenses. of the Army, as follows: Purchase, equipment, and repair of field electric telegraphs; signal equipments and stores; binocular glasses, telescopes, heliostats, and other necessary instruments, including absolutely necessary meteorological instruments for use on target ranges; telephone apparatus and maintenance of same, five thousand dollars.
That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as maybe Fortifications.Armament.necessary of the unexpended balance of four hundred thousand dollars appropriated by the act of March third,Vol. 22, p. 471. eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for armament of fortifications be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated, and made available for the completion and payment of the guns authorized by said act, and now being manufactured by the South Boston Iron Works, under contract dated September twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and the extension of said contracts is hereby authorized accordingly.
Extension of military reservation at Fort Robinson, Nebraska:Fort Robinson, Nebr.John T. Sechler.Payment to. For payment to John T. Sechler for private property taken by the Government in extension of the military reservation at Fort Robinson. Nebraska, under the President’s order of June twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, being the amount awarded by a board of officers January fifth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, as per their report approved by the War Department, two thousand five hundred dollars. engineer department.Engineer Department.
Examinations and Surveys at South Pass, Mississippi River:Examinations, etc., South Pass, Mississippi River.Vol. 18, p. 463.Vol. 20, p. 168. Annual expenses of ascertaining the depth of water and width of channel secured and maintained from time to time at South Pass of the Mississippi River, to enable the Secretary of War to report to Congress during the maintenance of the work, as required by Congress, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. signal service.Signal Service. Observation and report of storms:
To be expended by theObservation and report of storms. Secretary of War: For expenses of meteorological observation and report by telegraph, signal, or otherwise, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, for the benefit of commerce and agriculture of the United States, as follows: For expenses of storm, cautionary, offshore, cold-wave, and otherSignals. signals, on the sea. lake, and gulf coasts of the United States, and in the interior, announcing the probable approach and force of storms, 53 including the pay of observers, services of operators, lanterns and flags, one thousand six hundred dollars.
For furnishing, delivering, and laying seven nautical miles of submarineNantucket cable. cable to connect Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, with the mainland, and for building necessary land connections on Nantucket and connecting islands to the mainland, nine thousand nine hundred and forty-four dollars. For completing the construction and maintenance of a military Telegraph, Point eyes to San Francisco, via Point San Jose, Cal.telegraph line from San Francisco, California, to a point at or near Point Reyes, California, via Point San Jose, California, two thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars and seventy-five cents.
For river and flood observations, and expenses in connection therewith,River observations. one thousand dollars. For rent, hire of civilian employees, furniture, light, stationery,Contingent expenses. ice, stoves and fixtures, repairs, rent of telephones, textbooks, lumber, and other expenses of offices maintained as stations of observation outside of Washington, District of Columbia five thousand dollars. Medical Department: For medical attendance and medicinesMedical attendance. for officers and enlisted men of the Signal Corps, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For medical attendance and medicines for officers and enlisted men of the Signal Corps, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, one thousand two hundred and seventy-five dollars. Army Transportation: For payment to estate of T. J. League,Transportation.T. J. League.Payment to estate of. deceased, on account of Army transportation, eighteen hundred and eighty-two and prior years, ten thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, said sum having been certified to Congress as due by the accounting officers of the Treasury in House Executive Document Number Nineteen, Fiftieth Congress, first session.
For reimbursement to the estate of Walter (or Watt.) Grayson forWalter Grayson.Reimbursement.R. S., secs. 2154, 2155, p. 375. stolen money under sections twenty-one hundred and fifty-four and twenty-one hundred and fifty-five, Revised Statutes, as certified to Congress in House Executive Document Number Nineteen, Fiftieth Congress, first session, thirty-two thousand dollars. national home for disabled volunteer soldiers.National Soldiers’ Home. At the Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas:
For fittingLeavenworth. Kans., Branch, barrack, etc. up barrack for the accommodation of additional inmates, one thousand dollars; for maintenance during the remainder of the current fiscal year, four thousand five hundred dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred dollars. head-stones for graves of soldiers.Headstones for soldiers’ graves. For continuing the work of furnishing headstones for unmarked graves of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines in national post, city, town, and village cemeteries, naval cemeteries at navy-yards and stations of the United States and other burial places, under the actsVol. 17, p.545.Vol. 20, p.281. of March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and February third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, twenty thousand dollars.
NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. increase of the navy.Increase of Navy. Construction: To reimburse appropriation “Construction andCruisers, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. Repairs” for eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, amounts expended from said appropriation for work done on the steel cruisers Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta, forty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-five cents; 54 To complete the Chicago, thirty thousand dollars; To complete the Boston, ten thousand dollars; in all. eighty-three thousand six hundred and ninety-one dollars and twenty-five cents.
Ordnance: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation for the armament of the steel cruisers Chicago. Boston, and Atlanta, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Navigation: For completing the navigation outfit of the Chicago, including compass binnacle and electric-lighting supplies, two thousand five hundred dollars. marine corps.Marine Corps. Officers’ quarters, Mare Island, California: For the erectionOfficers’ quarters, Mare Island, Cal. of officers’ quarters at the marine barracks.
Mare Island. California. five thousand dollars. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. Bureau of Labor: To enable the Commissioner of Labor toBureau of Labor.Marriage and divorce statistics. complete the collection of statistics of, and relating to. marriage and divorce in the several States and Territories and in the District of Columbia, seven thousand five hundred dollars: and from this amount an expenditure not to exceed three hundred and sixty dollars is hereby authorized for the rent of additional rooms for said Bureau during the current fiscal year. miscellaneous objects.
Interstate Commerce Commission: To enable the InterstateInterstate Commerce Commission. Commerce Commission to properly carry out the objects of the “Act to regulate commerce,” approved February Vol. 24, p. 387.fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, during the *Post*, p. 579.remainder of the current fiscal year, the original appropriation being insufficient, twenty-five thousand dollars. Current expenses, Columbia Institution for the Deaf Columbia Institution for Deaf and Dumb.
Dumb: For current expenses for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, in addition to the amount already appropriated. two thousand five hundred dollars. Support Freedman’s Hospital and Asylum: For subsistence,Freedman’s Hospital. one thousand eight hundred dollars; for repairs to steam-boilers, nine hundred dollars; in all. two thousand seven hundred dollars. Reports of the Tenth Census: To complete the publicationTenth Census. of the reports of the Tenth Census, seventy-seven thousand four hundred and ninety-five dollars and fifty-two cents. offices of surveyors-general.Surveyors-general.
Office of surveyor-general of Arizona: For salariesSalaries of clerks. of clerks in his office. seven hundred and fifty dollars. _ Office of surveyor-general of California: For salaries of clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Colorado: For salaries of clerks in his office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Dakota: For salaries of clerks in his office, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Louisiana:
For salaries of clerks in his office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Montana: For salaries of clerks in his office for fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Nevada:For salaries of clerks in his office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. 55 Office of surveyor-general of New Mexico: For salaries of clerks in his office, one thousand five hundred dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Utah:
For salaries of clerks in his office, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Washington: For salaries of clerks in his office, two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars. Office of the surveyor-general of Wyoming: For salaries of clerks in his office, seven hundred and fifty dollars. Office of surveyor-general of Oregon:For salaries of clerks in his office, six hundred dollars. expenses of collecting the revenue from the public lands.Public lands.
Salaries and commissions of registers and receivers: ForRegisters and receivers. salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, thirty-eight thousand four hundred and nine dollars and thirty-eight cents. Contingent expenses of land offices: For clerk-hire, rentContingent expenses. and other incidental expenses of the several land offices, thirty-five thousand dollars. Expenses of hearings in land entries:
For expenses of hearingsHearings. held by order of the General Land Office, to determine whether alleged fraudulent entries are of that character or have been made in compliance with law. ten thousand dollars. Surveying the Public Lands: For the examination of surveysSurveying. in the field to test the accuracy of the work and to prevent payment for fraudulent and imperfect surveys returned by deputy surveyors, ten thousand dollars. For the amount necessary for resurveying certain lands involved inSierra Lumber Company. a suit against the Sierra Lumber Company in California, to be done under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, at a per diem compensation to be fixed by him. one thousand six hundred dollars.
For a survey of certain lands from which it is claimed the MontanaMontana Improvement Company. Improvement Company have cut timber, now involved in suit, to be surveyed under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, at a per diem compensation to be fixed by him. two thousand five hundred dollars. Transcripts of records and plats: For furnishing transcriptsTranscripts. and plats and paying therefor, five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 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, five thousand dollars. Transportation of Indian supplies: To pay necessary expensesTransportation. of transportation of goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians, including pay and expenses of transportation agents, forty thousand dollars.
This amount, for necessary expenses of transportation of such goods, provisions, and other articles for the various tribes of Indians. including pay and expenses of transportation agents, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, ten thousand dollars. To pay Hiram C. Slavens for transportation of Indian suppliesHiram C. Slavens. during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as per settlement certificate number two thousand one hundred and ninety-three 56 of the accounting officers of the Treasury, six hundred and seventy-six dollars and thirty-three cents.
Travelling expenses of Indian school superintendent: ForIndian school superintendent. necessary travelling expenses of one Indian school superintendent, including incidental expenses of inspection and investigation, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be*Proviso*.Allowance. necessary: *Provided*, That he shall be allowed three dollars per day for travelling expenses when actually on duty in the field exclusive of cost of transportation. pensionsPensions. For fees and expenses of examining surgeons, being a deficiencyExamining surgeons. for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, thirty-five thousand dollars.
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.Post-Office Department. Letter-balances, scales, and test-weights: For letter-balances,Letter-balances, etc. scales, and test-weights, seven thousand dollars. For compensation to clerks in post-offices, one hundredClerks. thousand dollars. For rent, fuel, and light, twenty-five thousand dollars.Rent, fuel, light.Wrapping-paper.Bulkley, Raignel & Co. For wrapping-paper, fourteen thousand dollars: For balance due Bulkley, Raignel and Company, for one thousand five hundred reams of wrapping-paper furnished per order of Postmaster-General. being a deficiency for fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two thousand one hundred and sixty-five dollars and seventy-seven cents.
Foreign mail transportation: To pay amounts found due forForeign mail transportation. foreign mail transportation, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, fifty-one thousand four hundred and seventy-one dollars and fourteen cents. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. Support of convicts: For the support, maintenance, and transportationSupport of convicts. to and from the penitentiary, of convicts from the District of Columbia, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, fifteen thousand dollars.
Contingent expenses. Department of Justice: For law andContingent expenses. miscellaneous books for Department library, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, one dollar. For stationery for the Department of justice, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, eleven dollars and twenty-five cents. For miscellaneous expenses, Department of Justice, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, forty-six dollars and eighty cents.
For miscellaneous expenses. Department of Justice, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, two hundred and forty-four dollars and four cents. For miscellaneous expenses, Department of Justice, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, sixty-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents. Building, Department of Justice: For fitting up fireproofFireproof record-rooms. record-rooms to preserve the records of the Department, one thousand five hundred dollars.
For repairs to heating apparatus, being a deficiency for the fiscal Repairs.year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, two dollars and fifty cents. 57 judicial.Judicial. Fees of jurors. United States courts: To supply a deficiencyJurors’ fees. in the appropriation for fees of jurors, United States courts, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Fees of witnesses, United States courts: To supply a deficiencyWitnesses’ fees. in the appropriation for fees of witnesses, United States courts, three hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of bailiffs and criers; of expenses of district judgesMiscellaneous. directed to hold court outside of their districts; of meals for jurors when ordered by court; of compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court; for stenographic clerk for the Chief Justice and for each associate justice of the Supreme Court, at a sum not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each, seventy-five thousand dollars. Support of United States prisoners:
For support of UnitedSupport of prisoners. States prisoners, including necessary clothing and medical aid, and transportation to place of conviction, ninety thousand dollars. For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing and medical aid, and transportation to place of conviction, being for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty thousand dollars. Fees and expenses of marshals: For fees and expenses of marshals,Marshals’ fees. United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, ten thousand dollars.
Fees of commissioners: For fees of commissioners and justicesCommissioners’ fees. of the peace acting as commissioners, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, ten thousand dollars. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, being a deficiency forWitnesses’ fees. the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-four, three hundred and twenty-one dollars and fifty cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, being a deficiency for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-three, five thousand and eighty dollars.
Salary of circuit judge: For salary of the additional circuitSalary additional second circuit Judge. judge in the second judicial circuit authorized by the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, six thousand dollars,Vol 24, p. 492. or so much thereof as may be necessary. PUBLIC PRINTING.Public printing. For printing and binding for the Post-Office Department, ninety-eightPost-Office Department. thousand dollars. For printing and binding for the Department of Agriculture, tenDepartment of Agriculture. thousand dollars.
To enable the Public Printer to comply with the provisions of theAnnual leave to employees. law granting fifteen days’ annual leave to the employes of the Government Printing Office, five thousand dollars. And the Public Printer is hereby directed to rigidly enforce the Eight-hour law to be enforced.provisions of the eight hour law in the Department under his charge. To enable the Public Printer to continue the operations under jointStorage.Vol. 22, p.637. resolutions approved February sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the removal and storage of certain property of the Government mentioned therein, four thousand dollars.
SENATE.Senate. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay E. C. Goodwin, clerkE. C.Goodwin.Payment to. to the Select Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America, for services as such clerk from the thirteenth to the nineteenth day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, inclusive, forty-two dollars. 58 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. For salary of O. O. Stealy, clerk to the Speaker from DecemberO. O. Stealey.Payment to. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, at the rate of one thousand six hundred dollars per annum, nine hundred and thirty-five dollars.
To pay A. B. Talcott balance of salary as electrician of the HouseA. B. Talcott.Payment to. of Representatives for the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one hundred dollars. To pay Charles Carter the-difference between his salary as a laborer Charles Carter.Payment to.and that of a messenger for four months, one hundred and sixty dollars. To pay Woodward and Lothrop for material for draping the southWoodward & Lothrop.Payment to. wing of the Capitol on the occasion of the death of ex-President Grant, three hundred and twelve dollars and twelve cents.
To pay G. Edmonston for labor in draping the south wing of theG. Edmonston.Payment to. Capitol on the occasions of the death of ex-President Grant and Vice-President Hendricks, forty-four dollars. JUDGMENTS COURT OF CLAIMS. For payment of judgments of the Court of Claims as follows:Payment of judgments of Court of Claims. Peter Collier, five thousand dollars; George R. Watkins, nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-one dollars and thirty-two cents; William E. Singleton, seventy dollars and seventy-five cents:
John H. Dialogue, surviving partner of Wood, Dialogue and company, twenty-one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-one cents: John H. Dialogue, surviving partner of Wood, Dialogue and company, eleven thousand two hundred and twenty-six dollars and twenty-four cents; Eliza M. Jenkins, as administratrix of William J. Jenkins and as administratrix de bonis non of Eliza H. Chaplin, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents: State of Louisiana, seventy-one thousand three hundred and eighty-five dollars and fourteen cents, with interest at five per centum from May ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven:
Patrick H. Drake and William P. Ward, four hundred and eighty-three dollars and fifty-three cents; Frank Ives, three hundred and thirty-seven dollars: Grafton C. Kennedy, two hundred and ninety-five dollars; Almond G. Richmond, ten dollars: William A. J. Fowlkes, forty dollars; Francis M. Galbraith, forty-two dollars: William I). Ramey, one hundred and sixty-four dollars; James H. Neil, one hundred and twenty-four dollars: John M. Stewart, one hundred and eighty-seven dollars;
Henry C. Hastings, sixty dollars: Edgar L. Gregory, twenty-six dollars: Richard M. Jones, twenty-eight dollars; Charles S. Chesney, three hundred and thirty-five dollars; Erie J. Leech, two hundred and nineteen dollars; Benjamin S. Pedigo, fifty-four dollars: J. Crocket Givens, seventy dollars; Thomas F. Bowman, four hundred and twenty-two dollars; Charles A. Womble, one hundred and seventeen dollars; Walter S. Thomas, seventy-two dollars: Harry R. Probasco, one hundred and ninety-five dollars:
William J. Kneeshaw. twenty-two dollars: Robert S. Friend, one hundred and nineteen dollars; 59 John H. Kimmons, one hundred and three dollars;Payment of judgements of Court of Claims—Continued. Charles H. Bill, sixty dollars; Frederick Parsons, seventy-nine dollars; Thomas A. Gillespie, seventy-five dollars: State of Alabama, eighteen thousand two hundred and eighty-five dollars and three cents, with interest at five per centum from June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven;
State of Mississippi, forty-one thousand four hundred and fifty-three dollars and ninety-one cents, with interest at five per centum from June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven; Henry L. Hallett, three thousand five hundred and seventeen dollars; B. Gildersleeve, eight hundred and five dollars; A. B. Wilson, ninety-nine dollars; William B. Smithson, seventy-nine dollars; Stephen Wheeler, three hundred and twenty-five dollars; G. L. Ogden, two hundred and fifteen dollars;
Henry R. Edmunds, one hundred and fifty-eight dollars; Henry C. Goodell, three hundred and sixty-four dollars; James C. Strong, four hundred and forty-one dollars; James C. Strong, one hundred dollars; W. S. Carr, seventy-two dollars; W. F. Watkins, one hundred and thirty-five dollars; William Bowling, five hundred and twenty-five dollars; Daniel S. McMasters, fifty-seven dollars: John R. Puryear, two hundred and three dollars: Joseph L. Fairchild, two hundred and forty-six dollars;
Eugene O. Locke, forty-six dollars: Charles A. Powell, one hundred and seventy-three dollars; Samuel B. Crail, seventy-seven dollars; Bushrod W. Bell, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars; Robert Barber, five hundred and forty dollars; Elbert Wallace, fifty-one dollars; James F. Hurst, three hundred and ten dollars; John T. Green, seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars; J. C. Fowler, two hundred and fifty-five dollars; Almon Hall, three hundred and forty-six dollars: J. G. Hawthorne, one hundred and twenty-four dollars;
James B. Gaston, six hundred and ninety-six dollars; S. M. Walker, five hundred and fifty-five dollars; P. A. Hoyne, one hundred and twelve dollars: The Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company, fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty-three dollars and twenty-two cents: Henry B. Nones, eight thousand two hundred and two dollars and thirty-seven cents; Henry Mason, five thousand and sixty-nine dollars and sixty-five cents; William B. Arrants, two thousand four hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-one cents;
Ralph Aston, five hundred dollars, Albert D. Bache, eight thousand six hundred and forty-two dollars and thirty-eight cents; Josiah B. Aiken, one thousand three hundred and nine dollars; William W. Carter, one thousand three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty cents; Robert W. Allen, one thousand one hundred and twelve dollars and seventy-five cents; Dennis W. Mullan, three hundred and fifty-six dollars and three cents; David G. McRitchie, eight hundred and eighty dollars and thirty-seven cents; 60 John H.
Kimmons, eighty-five dollars;Payment of judgments of Court of Claims—Continued. John T. Green, one hundred dollars; Edward S. Bogert, four thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-four cents; William B. Brooks, seven thousand four hundred and eight dollars; Francis C. Dade, nine thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-four cents; Philip Inch, six thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and fifteen cents; William J Lamdin, seven thousand six hundred and forty-two dollars and five cents.
Thom Williamson, six thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars and five cents; Charles H. Bill, five hundred and sixty dollars; George W. Melville, six hundred and fifty dollars; George M. Book, one hundred and twenty dollars and seventy-nine cents; Jonathan M. Emanuel, seven hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty-six cents; John D. Ford, five hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty-six cents; James W. Hollihan, five hundred and eighty-five dollars and forty-six cents;
Richard Inch, fifty-seven dollars and seventy-eight cents; Charles V. Gridley, three hundred and thirty-eight dollars and thirty-three cents; Leonard A. Frailey, four hundred and ninety-one dollars and ninety-one cents; James H. Chapman, two hundred and sixty-three dollars and two cents; John H. Clark, six thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollars and fifty-seven cents; William W. Dungan, seven thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars and ninety-three cents; Montgomery Fletcher, eight thousand sixteen dollars and ninety-six cents;
Benjamin F. Garvin, nine thousand two hundred and four dollars and forty-two cents; George R. Johnson, eight thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars and forty-nine cents; George F. Kutz, six thousand two hundred and fifty-three dollars and seven cents; John W. Moore, six thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine dollars and eighty-eight cents; William H. Shock, three thousand four hundred and sixty-two dollars and nineteen cents: William H. Rutherford, fourteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars and ninety-one cents;
Calvin Nutting and Son, sixteen thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars; Edward H. Skelsey and Ira W. De Moss, under the firm of E. H. Skelsey and Company, seven thousand seven hundred and seven dollars; L. T. Hoyt, two thousand five hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents; Edward Sweet and Company, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-one dollars and fifty-four cents; C. H. Wilcox, executor of H. R. Wilcox, deceased, one thousand three hundred and seventy-four dollars and twenty-eight cents;
Newcomb and Cook, one thousand four hundred and forty-two dollars and forty-two cents; 61 Robinson and Suydam, two hundred and sixty-four dollars andPayment of judgments of Court of Claims—Continued. seventy-five cents: Vermilye and Company, twenty-two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents; Litchfield, Dana and Stimson, two thousand and sixty-five dollars and seventy-three cents: Falls and Tileston, one hundred and sixty-seven dollars and sixty-eight cents:
Bacon Brothers and Starr, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and twenty-seven cents: Farnham. Gilbert and Company, three thousand and fifty dollars and two cents: Tillinghast and Woolsey, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and twenty-eight cents: W. E. Tillinghast, nine hundred and twenty dollars and forty-one cents; G. S. Bowdoin, eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and ninety cents: H. Kennedy and Company, three thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars and thirty-one cents;
R. W. Martin, junior, and Company, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and ninety-seven cents; Gould, Strong and Company, five hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-six cents; Emily Wrightman. administratrix of John Wrightman, four thousand one hundred and twenty-five dollars; Frederick Frerichs, ten thousand one hundred and thirty dollars and thirty-one cents, with interest at five per centum from March tenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six; George E. Hendee, eight thousand one hundred and seventy-eight dollars and one cent, with interest at five per centum from March twenty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven;
To pay interest, at five per centum per annum, under section oneInterest.[R. S., sec. 1090, p. 200](/us/rs/t/s1090/p200). thousand and ninety of the Revised Statutes, in certain judgements rendered by the Court of Claims and heretofore paid in the principal sums, namely: James C. Saunders, interest from May twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, on judgement for one thousand six hundred and twenty-seven dollars, fifty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents;
Sarah E. Ramsay, widow in community, and Anna E. Wagner, heir of G. Alexander Ramsay, interest from May twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, to May eleventh eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, on judgement for one thousand seven hundred dollars, eighty-one dollars and twenty-seven cents; The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad” Company, interest from May first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to February fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, on judgement for fifty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-one cents, four thousand six hundred and seven dollars and sixty cents;
George K. Otis, interest from May twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, to February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, on judgement for sixteen thousand four hundred and forty-five dollars and thirty-six cents, one thousand four hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-eight cents; in all, four hundred and fifty-five thousand two hundred and seventy-three dollars: *Provided*,*Proviso*. That none of the judgements herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appeal shall have expired.Appeal.Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.
Sec. 2. That for the payment of the claims certified to be due by the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department under the act approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three,Vol. 22, p. 600. or under appropriations the balance of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of 62 the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, beingVol. 18, p. 110. for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under Vol. 23, p. 254.section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Thirty-one, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows:
For compensation of postmasters readjusted under act of MarchCompensation of postmasters.Vol. 22, p. 487. third, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, payable from deficiency in postal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, three hundred and eighty thousand three hundred and twenty-one dollars and forty-four cents. For deficiency in postal revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-fivePostal revenues. and prior years, three thousand three hundred and eighty-two dollars and forty-three cents.
Sec. 3. That for the payment of a portion of the claims certifiedPayment of certain certified claims. to be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of Vol. 18, p. 110.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-five and prior years, and which have been certified to Congress under section two Vol. 23, p. 254.of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in House Executive Document Number Ninety, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated, as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY FIRST COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by First Comptroller. state department.Department of State. Foreign intercourse: For salaries of ministers, eighteen hundredMinisters’ salaries. and eighty-five and prior years, four hundred and eighty-six dollars and sixty-five cents. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, eighteen hundred andContingent, foreign missions. eighty-five and prior years, eighty dollars and twenty-four cents. For loss on bills of exchange, diplomatic service, eighteen hundredLoss on bills of exchange, legations. and eighty-five and prior years, twenty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents.
For salaries, consular service, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveConsular salaries. and prior years, three hundred and five dollars and fifty-seven cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, eighteenContingent, consulates. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, eighty-one dollars and eleven cents. For salaries of consular officers not citizens, eighteen hundredConsular officers not citizens. and eighty-five and prior years, one thousand eight hundred and eight dollars and twenty-four cents.
For relief and protection of American seamen, eighteen hundredRelief of American seamen. and eighty-five and prior years, four hundred and ninety dollars. treasury department.Treasury Department. Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internalInternal revenue.Collectors’ salaries. revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one thousand six hundred and one dollars and seventy-six cents. For salaries and expenses of agents and subordinate officers of internalAgents’, etc., salaries. revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, five hundred and forty-two dollars and sixty-nine cents.
For drawback on stills exported (act March first, eighteen hundredStills exported.Vol. 20, p.342. and seventy-nine), twenty dollars. For redemption of stamps prior to July first, eighteen hundredRedemption of stamps. and eighty-five, two hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-three cents. 63 For refunding taxes illegally collected prior to July first, eighteenRefunding taxes. hundred and eighty-five, three thousand four hundred and seventy-three dollars and one cent: *Provided*, That if it appear by*Proviso*. legal proof, to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Treasury, that the corporations, named in said Executive document as paying said tax, never deducted or withheld 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.
For refunding moneys erroneously received and covered into the Refunding moneys.Treasury prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and fifty dollars. For repayment of a judgement to the estate of Edgar Ketchum,Edgar Ketchum.Payment to estate of. late collector, and so forth, one thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty-four cents. For payment of a judgement to George S. Denison, late collector,George S. Denison.Payment to. and so forth, five hundred and fifty dollars and fifty-four cents.
For payment to the State of Wisconsin, eight thousand four hundredWisconsin.Payment to. and nine dollars and forty-three cents. Miscellaneous: For contingent expenses. Treasury Department,Contingent. Treasury Department. stationery, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, four dollars and five cents. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, fuel, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, ten dollars and twenty cents. For lands and other property of the United States, eighteen hundred Custody of lands.and eighty-five and prior years, twelve dollars and sixty cents.
For North American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, forty-nineEthnology. dollars and nine cents. For contingent expenses stem boat inspection service prior to July Steamboat inspection.first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twelve dollars. For wages and contingent expenses assay office at Boise City, Wages, assay office, Boise City.eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, except the claim numbered two hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and thirteen in said Executive Document Number Ninety, four dollars and forty-one cents.
For Treasury Building, Washington, District of Columbia, twoTreasury Building. dollars and seventy cents. For courthouse and post-office, Austin, Texas, eight hundred andAustin, Tex. twenty-seven dollars and eighteen cents. For courthouse and post-office, Utica, New York, twenty-nineUtica, N. Y. dollars and ninety-one cents. war department.War Department. For contingent expenses, War Department, eighteen hundred andContingent expenses. eighty-five and prior years, one dollar and twenty-two cents. interior department.Interior Department.
For contingent expenses. General Land Office, eighteen hundredLand Office. and eighty-three, three dollars and eighty cents. For Geological Survey, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and priorGeological Survey. years, seventy-three dollars and sixty-two cents. For surveying the public lands, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSurveying public lands. and prior years, five thousand four hundred and sixty-four dollars and twenty-eight cents. For salaries and commissions of registers and receivers, eighteen Registers and receivers.hundred and eighty-five and prior years, three hundred and forty dollars and sixty cents.
For contingent expenses of land offices, eighteen hundred andContingent, land offices. eighty-five and prior years, two dollars and seventy-five cents. For expenses of depositing public moneys, eighteen hundred and Depositing public moneys.eighty-five and prior years, twenty-four dollars and ninety cents. 64 For depredations on public timber, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveTimber depredations. and prior years, except the claims of the Central Pacific Rail road Company and of the Union Pacific Railway Company, one hundred and six dollars;
For protecting public lands, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andProtecting public lands. prior years, two hundred and twelve dollars and twenty-five cents. For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys, excess of deposits,Reimbursing receivers. two thousand four hundred and forty-one dollars and ten cents. For five, three, and two percentum fund to States prior to JulyFive, three, and two per cent, to States. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, except the claims numbered forty thousand two hundred and sixty-seven, and forty thousand two hundred and sixty-eight in said Executive Document Number Ninety, thirty-seven thousand eight hundred and ninety-two dollars and thirty cents. post-office department.Post-Office Department.
For salaries. Post-Office Department, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSalaries. and prior years, thirty-two dollars and sixty-one cents. department of justice.Department of Justice. For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, eighteenMarshals’ fees. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-nine cents. For fees of district attorneys. United States courts, eighteenDistrict attorneys’ fees. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one thousand five hundred and thirty-four dollars and eighty cents.
For fees of clerks. United States courts, eighteen hundred andClerks’ fees. eighty-five and prior years, seven hundred and thirteen dollars and forty-five cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, eighteen hundredCommissioners’ fees. and eighty-five and prior years, eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and forty cents. For fees of jurors. United States courts, eighteen hundred andJurors’ fees. eighty-five and prior years, eighty-four dollars. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, eighteen hundred andWitnesses’ fees. eighty-five and prior years, three thousand one hundred and sixty-three dollars and eighty-three cents.
For support of prisoners, United States courts, eighteenSupport of prisoners. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, two thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and twenty-seven cents. For rent of court rooms, United States courts, eighteen hundredRent of court rooms, and eighty-five and prior years, seven hundred and fifty dollars. For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, eighteenMiscellaneous. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, two thousand three hundred and seventy-four dollars and thirty-two cents.
For expenses of United States courts, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine and prior years, two hundred and thirty-five dollars and seventy cents. For expenses of Territorial courts in Utah, eighteen hundredUtah courts. and eighty-five and prior years, three thousand six hundred and ninety-seven dollars and forty-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of Customs. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, eighteen hundredPublic buildings.Fuel, lights, and water.Furniture. and eighty-five and prior years, four hundred and forty-four dollars.
For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, thirty-eight dollars and ninety-one cents. 65 For Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andLife-Saving Service. prior years, twenty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents. For salaries of keepers of lighthouses, eighteen hundred andLight-house keepers. eighty-five and prior years, two “hundred and fifty-nine dollars and four cents, For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, eighteenRevenues from customs. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, sixty-two thousand six hundred and sixty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents.
WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of two and three year volunteers, eighteen hundred andTwo and three year volunteers. seventy-one and prior years, three, hundred thousand nine hundred and three dollars and eighty-seven cents. For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs, eighteenBounty. hundred and seventy-one and prior years, three hundred and ninety-one thousand four hundred and twenty-five dollars and two cents.
For bounty act July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty-six.Vol. 14, p. 322. prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty, eighty thousand two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and forty-three cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,Army pay. and prior years, nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one dollars and eighty-seven cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven. one hundred and fifty dollars and fifteen cents.
For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, seven dollars. For pay of volunteers (Mexican war), eighteen hundred and seventy-oneMexican war volunteers. and prior years, one hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety-three cents. For traveling expenses First Michigan Cavalry prior to July first,First Michigan Cavalry. eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one thousand and forty-seven dollars and eighty-one cents. For traveling expenses California and Nevada Volunteers prior toCalifornia and Nevada volunteers.
July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, six hundred and seventy-eight dollars and forty-four cents. For Rogue River Indian war, prior to July first, eighteen hundredRogue River Indian war. and eighty-five, one hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-six cents. For artificial limbs, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and priorArtificial limbs. years, fifty-two dollars. For appliances for disabled soldiers, eighteen hundred and eighty-five Appliances for disabled soldiers.and prior years, two dollars.
For contingencies of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveContingencies. and prior years, two hundred and nine dollars and sixty-three cents. For draft and substitute fund, eighteen hundred and seventy-oneDraft, etc., fund. and prior years, ninety-three cents. For medical and hospital department, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveMedical department. and prior years, one hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty-six cents. For ordnance service, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior Ordnance service.years, twenty-four dollars and eighty cents.
For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, ninety dollars and seventy cents. For ordnance, ordnance stores, and supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, seventy-eight dollars. For ordnance stores, mounting guns, and so forth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, twenty-five dollars and fifty cents. 66 INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (INDIAN) CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Indian claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller.
For pay of Indian agents, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andIndian agents. prior years, one hundred and eighty-three dollars and seventy-seven cents. For incidental expenses Indian service in Oregon, eighteen hundred Oregon, incidental expenses.and eighty-five and prior years, sixteen dollars. For support of Flatheads and other confederated tribes, eighteen Flat bead and other tribes.hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and forty cents.
For support of Indian school, Carlisle. Pennsylvania, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,Carlisle, Pa., Indian School. and prior years, except the claim numbered six hundred and eighteen in said Executive Document Number Ninety, twenty-four dollars and fourteen cents. For support of Apaches of Arizona and New Mexico, eighteenApaches in Arizona and New Mexico. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, six hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents. For support of Walla-Walla, Cayuse, and Umatilla tribes, eighteenWalla-Wallas, Cay uses, and Umatillas. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one hundred and sixty-three dollars and twenty cents.
For survey of Indian reservations, eighteen hundred andIndian reservations. eighty-five and prior years, seven hundred and sixty-seven dollars. For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred andTransportation, supplies. eighty-five and prior years, except the claim numbered four hundred and thirty-three in said Executive Document Number Ninety, fifteen dollars. For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven forty-one thousand one hundred and thirteen dollars and twenty-two cents.
For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen hundredPurchase, etc., supplies. and eighty-seven, five hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty cents. PENSION CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Pension claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller. For Army pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and priorArmy pensions. years, except the claims numbered eight thousand three hundred and eighty-one and nine thousand one hundred and thirty-nine in said Executive Document Number Ninety, one hundred and forty dollars and sixty cents.
For fees of examining surgeons, Army pensions, eighteen hundred,Examining surgeons. and eighty-five and prior years, nineteen dollars. For contingent expenses pension agencies, eighteen hundred andContingent expenses. eighty-seven, twenty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller. For observation and report of storms, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveObservation, etc., storms. and prior years, three hundred and seventy-six dollars and twenty-seven cents.
For maintenance and repair of military telegraph lines, eighteenMilitary telegraph. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, fifteen dollars and sixty cents. For Signal Service, subsistence, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSubsistence, Signal Service. and prior years, three hundred and fifty-four dollars. For Signal Service, regular supplies, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSupplies, Signal Service. and prior years, twenty-five dollars and fourteen cents. 67 For Signal Service, incidental expenses, eighteen hundred andIncidental expenses, Signal Service. eighty-five and prior years, three hundred and ninety-nineTransportation, Signal Service. dollars and seventy cents.
For Signal Service, barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveBarracks and quarters, Signal Service. and prior years, two hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty cents. For contingencies of fortifications, fifty-six dollars and fifty cents.Fortifications. For surveys of military defenses, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, thirty-six dollars and twenty cents. For gunboats on Western rivers, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveGun-boats, Western rivers. and prior years, twenty-one dollars and ninety-two cents.
For Rogue River Indian war, prior to July first, eighteen hundredRogue River Indian war. and eighty-five, four hundred and thirty-five dollars and five cents. For transportation of officers and their baggage, eighteen hundredTransportation. and seventy-one and prior years, one hundred and forty-two dollars. For twenty per centum additional compensation prior to July first,Twenty per cent. eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two hundred and ninety-seven dollars and thirty-nine cents.
For refunding to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers,States, refund ta. ninety-six thousand thirty-four dollars and thirty-one cents. For reimbursement to certain States and Territories expenses incurredReimbursement for suppressing Indian hostilities.Vol. 22, p. 111. in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities, act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, twenty-three thousand one hundred and eighty dollars and ninety-two cents. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon andOregon and Washington volunteers Washington volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, five thousand nine hundred and fifty-five dollars and forty-eight cents.
For subsistence of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSubsistence:. and prior years, eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty-five cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundredQuarter masters, Department, supplies; and eighty-five and prior years, four thousand seven hundred dollars and fifty-six cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteen hundredIncidental expenses. and eighty-five and prior years, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-one cents.
For transportation of the Army and its supplies, eighteen hundredTransportation:.Claims excepted;. and eighty-five and prior years, except the claims of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, the Southern Pacific Company, of Arizona; the Southern Pacific Company, of California; the Southern Pacific Company, of New Mexico, and the Union Pacific Railway Company, certified under this title in said Executive Document Number Ninety, fifteen thousand eight hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.
For fifty per centum of arrears of Army transportation due certainFifty per cent, arrears. land-grant railroads, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, nine thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and seven cents. For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andBarracks and quarters. prior years, four thousand four hundred and fifty-six dollars and thirty-two cents. For construction and repair of hospitals, eighteen hundred and Hospitals.eighty-five and prior years, two thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and twenty-two cents. 68 For clothing and camp and garrison equipage, eighteen hundredClothing, and camp and garrison equipage.Horses. and eighty-five and prior years, eleven dollars and sixty-four cents.
For horses for cavalry and artillery, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, two thousand four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and ninety-two cents. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel StatesCommutation of rations. and to soldiers on furlough, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty-three thousand three hundred and ninety dollars and fifteen cents. For horses and other property lost in the military service, prior toHorses, etc., claims.
July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and twenty-five thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine dollars and sixteen cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Navy Department claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of the Navy, prior to July first, eighteen hundred andNavy pay. eighty-five, twenty-two thousand seven hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy cents. For pay. miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andMiscellaneous. prior years, four hundred and fifty dollars and fifty-five cents.
For contingent, Navy, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveContingent. and prior years, eight dollars and fifty-nine cents. For pay, Marine Corps, prior to July first, eighteen hundredPay, Marine Corps. and eighty-five, two hundred and one dollars and thirty-seven cents. For contingent, Bureau of Ordnance, eighteen hundred andBureau of Ordnance, contingent. eighty-five and prior years, five dollars. For Torpedo Corps, Bureau of Ordnance, eighteen hundred andTorpedo Corps. eighty-five and prior years, one dollar.
For contingent. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteenBureau of Equipment and Recruiting. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, three hundred and twenty-eight dollars and eighty-six cents. For Navy pensions, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years,Navy pensions. six dollars and nineteen cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteen Bureau of Provisions and Clothing.hundred and eighty-five and prior years, seven thousand four hundred and fifty dollars and fifty-five cents.
For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteenEnlistment bounties. hundred and eighty-five, two thousand six hundred and forty-one dollars and eighty-one cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels,Bounty, destruction of enemies’ vessels. prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, nine hundred and forty-one dollars and fourteen cents. For payment of the officers and men of the Kearsarge for the destruction Kearsarge.Payment to officers and men of.of the Alabama, five hundred and forty-one dollars and four cents.
For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first,Lost clothing. eighteen hundred and eighty-five, four hundred and twenty-five dollars and eighty-five 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, eight thousand five hundred and sixty-six dollars and thirteen cents. For payments on account of clothing or bedding destroyed by Clothing, etc., destroyed.order, for sanitary purposes, in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twenty-nine cents. 69 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor.
For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-fivePostal revenues. and prior years, one thousand three hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-nine cents. Sec. 4. That for the payment of a portion of the claims certified toPayment of certain certified claims. be due by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department under appropriations, the balances of which have been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund under the provisions of section five of the act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and underVol. 18, p. 110. appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, and which have been certified toVol. 28, p. 254.
Congress under section two of the act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, as fully set forth in Senate Executive Document Number One Hundred and One, Fiftieth Congress, first session, there is appropriated as follows: CLAIMS ALLOWED BY FIRST COMPTROLLER.Claims allowed by First Comptroller. state department.Department of State. Foreign intercourse: For contingent expenses United States consulates.Contingent expenses, consulates. eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, seven dollars and seventy-three cents.
To pay C. W. Buck. United States Minister to Peru, the balanceC. W. Buck.Payment to. of salary due him for the fiscal year, ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six. which has remained unpaid, because of the exhaustion of the appropriation for salaries of Ministers, for that year, one thousand one hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-eight cents. treasury department.Treasury Department. Internal revenue: For salaries and expenses of collectors of internalCollectors internal revenue. revenue, eighteen hundred and eighty-five and prior years, three dollars and twenty-seven cents. interior department.Interior Department.
For expenses of the Eighth Census, one hundred and forty-three Eighth Census.dollars and thirty-three cents. For expenses of depositing public moneys, eighteen hundred and Public moneys.eighty-five and prior years, five dollars and sixty cents. For surveying private land claims in California, eighteen hundredPrivate land claims, California. and eighty-five and prior years, six hundred and eight dollars and twenty-five cents. For reimbursement to receivers of public moneys, excess of deposits,Receivers. three hundred and fifty dollars and seventy cents.
For five, three, and two per centum fund to States prior to JulyFive, three, and two per cent, fund to States. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, fifty-three thousand four hundred and twenty-two dollars and fifty-six cents. department of justice.Department of Justice. For fees and expenses of marshals, United States courts, eighteenMarshals’ fees. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, six thousand three hundred and forty-seven dollars and eighty-nine cents. For fees of commissioners, United States courts, eighteen hundredCommissioners’ fees and eighty-five and prior years, two hundred and twenty-nine dollars and seventy cents. 70 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FIRST AUDITOR AND COM MISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.Claims allowed by First Auditor and Commissioner of customs.
For expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, eighteen hundredCollecting customs. and eighty-five and prior years, forty-six thousand and twenty-four dollars and nine cents. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, eighteen hundred Public buildings.and eighty-five and prior years, twenty-nine dollars and ninety cents. For Revenue-Cutter Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andRevenue-Cutter Service. prior years, thirty-three dollars and sixty-nine cents. For Life-Saving Service, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andLife-Saving Service. prior years, one hundred and twenty-nine dollars and thirteen cents.
WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department Claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of two and three-year volunteers, eighteen hundred andTwo and three year volunteer’s. seventy-one and prior years, forty-seven thousand seven hundred and forty-one dollars and forty cents. For bounty to volunteers and their widows and legal heirs,Bounty. eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, forty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-one dollars and ninety-seven cents.
For bounty under act of July twenty-eighth, eighteen hundredVol. 14, p.322. and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and eighty, and prior years, nine thousand one hundred and fifty dollars and sixty cents. For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveArmy pay. and prior years, except the claims numbered seventy-five hundred and forty-nine and seventy-six hundred and twenty-six in said Executive Document Number One Hundred and One, six hundred and eighty-three dollars and sixty-eight cents.
For pay, and so forth, of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, one hundred and forty-four dollars and ninety cents. For pay of volunteers (Mexican war) eighteen hundred and seventy-oneMexican war volunteers. and prior years, eight dollars and eighty-five cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT (INDIAN) CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SECOND AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Indian claims allowed by Second Auditor and Second Comptroller. For transportation of Indian supplies, eighteen hundred andTransportation. eighty-seven, one thousand four hundred dollars and eighty-eight cents.
For telegraphing and purchase of Indian supplies, eighteen Purchase. etc., supplies.hundred and eighty-seven, thirty-seven dollars and ten cents. WAR DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE THIRD AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.War Department claims allowed by Third Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay, transportation, services, and supplies of Oregon and WashingtonOregon and Washington volunteers. volunteers in eighteen hundred and fifty-five and eighteen hundred and fifty-six, eighteen hundred and seventy-one and prior years, three hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-two cents.
For subsistence of the Army, eighteen hundred and eighty-fiveSubsistence. and prior years, two hundred and seventy-four dollars. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, eighteenQuartermaster’s Depart menu regular supplies. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, eight hundred and twenty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents. For incidental expenses. Quartermaster’s Department, eighteenIncidental expenses. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, one hundred and fifty-three dollars and eighty-six cents.
For transportation of the Army and its supplies, eighteen hundredTransportation. and eighty-five and prior years, seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars and fifty-eight cents. 71 For barracks and quarters, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andBarracks and quarters. prior years, one hundred and seventy-two dollars and thirty-three cents. For horses for cavalry and artillery, eighteen hundred andHorses. eighty-five and prior years, two hundred and fifty dollars. For commutation of rations to prisoners of war in rebel States,Commutation of rations. and to soldiers on furlough, prior to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, three thousand three hundred and forty-six dollars and twenty-five cents.
For horses and other property lost in the military service priorHorses, etc., claims. to July first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, twenty-two thousand three hundred and twenty-three dollars and ninety-four cents. NAVY DEPARTMENT CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE FOURTH AUDITOR AND SECOND COMPTROLLER.Navy Department claims allowed by Fourth Auditor and Second Comptroller. For pay of the Navy prior to July first, eighteen hundred andNavy pay. eighty-five, thirty-six thousand and twenty-four dollars and ninety cents.
For pay, miscellaneous, eighteen hundred and eighty-five andMiscellaneous. prior years, two hundred and forty-eight dollars and twenty-one cents. For contingent. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, eighteenBureau Equipment and Recruiting. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, seventeen dollars and thirty-one cents. For Medical Department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, eighteen Bureau Medicine and Surgery.hundred and eighty-five and prior years, two hundred and one dollars.
For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, eighteenBureau Provisions and Clothing. hundred and eighty-five and prior years, nine hundred and forty-nine dollars and fifty-eight cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, prior to July first, eighteen Enlistment bounties.hundred and eighty-five, three hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty-six cents. For bounty for the destruction of enemies’ vessels, prior to JulyBounty, destruction of enemies’ vessels. first, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, two dollars and ninety-nine cents.
For indemnity for lost clothing, prior to July first, eighteenLost clothing. hundred and eighty-five, one hundred and seventy dollars. 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, six hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For payments on account of clothing or bedding destroyed byDestroyed clothing, etc. order, tor sanitary purposes, in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, twenty dollars and thirty-one cents.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE SIXTH AUDITOR.Claims allowed by Sixth Auditor. For deficiency in postal revenues, eighteen hundred and eighty-fivePostal revenues. and prior years, one thousand four hundred and six dollars and twenty cents. Sec. 5. For reimbursement to the State of Texas, expenses incurredTexas.Reimbursement for suppressing Indian hostilities, etc.Vol. 22, p. 111. in repelling invasions and suppressing Indian hostilities, found due under the act of June twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and certified to Congress, by the Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, March fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, nine hundred and twenty-seven thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty cents.
Approved, March 30, 1888.
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