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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 36 STAT. · March 4, 1911 · Chapter 240

Chapter 240.

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CHAP. 240.— AN ACT Making appropriations to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven and for prior years, and for other purposes. March 4, 1911.[[H. R. 32957](/us/bill/36/hr/32957).][[Public, No. 480](/us/bill/36/pl/480).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, and are hereby, appropriated, Deficiencies appropriations.out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven and for prior years, and for other purposes, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.Department of State. For services in preparing the cipher codeCipher Code.for the Department of State, authorized by the Preparation of.diplomatic and consular appropriation Act approved February twenty-second, nineteen hundred and seven,Vol. 34, p. 926.provided that the provisions of sections one hundred and seventy, seventeen hundred and sixty-three, seventeen hundred and sixty- four, and seventeen hundred and sixty-five of the Revised Statutes, R. S., see. 170, 1763, 1765, pp., 27,814.and section three of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, Vol. 18, p. 109.shall not be applicable, the unexpended balance covered into the Treasury of the five thousand dollars appropriated by the said Act of February twenty-second, nineteen hundred and seven, to wit, four thousand and forty-two dollars and thirty-five cents, is hereby made available.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Thomas Morrison.Thomas Morrison, chief, Bureau of Accounts, and disbursing clerk, Department of State, Credit in accounts.the sum of 1290three thousand nine hundred and ten dollars, disallowed against him on the books of the department. International Seismological Association: International Seismological Association.For defraying the necessary expenses in fulfilling the obligations of the United States as a member of the International Seismological Association, including the annual contribution Annual contribution.to the expenses of the association for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, eight hundred dollars.
For the payment of the expenses of delegates to the General Assembly of the International Institute of AgricultureInternational Institute of Agriculture., to be held at Rome during the year nineteen hundred and eleven, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Expenses of delegates.to be expended under the direction and in the discretion of the Secretary or State and to be immediately available. International Union for Protection of Industrial PropertyIndustrial Property Union.:
For additional amount required for defraying the expenses of the next meeting of the International UnionExpenses of meeting at Washington, D.C.for the Protection of Industrial Property, to be held at the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in May, nineteen hundred and eleven, ten thousand dolíais. Saint John River CommissionSaint John River Commission.: To complete the work of the joint commission, authorized in the diplomatic and consular Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, to investigate andCompleting work.report upon the conditions and uses of the Saint John River, and to make recommendations for the regulation of the use thereofVol. 34, p. 292.by the citizens and subjects of the United States and Great Britain, according to the provisions of treaties between the two countries, fifteen thousand dollars.
Of the appropriation of seventy-five thousand dollars carriedCanadian boundary waters commission.in the sundry civil appropriation Act for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, Payment for rent *Ante,* p. 766.concerning the boundary waters between the United States and Canada, five thousand dollars may be used for the rent of buildings in the District of Columbia from the date of the approval of said sundry civil Act. For additional compensation to the Secretary of StateSecretary of State.
Additional pay. *Ante,* p. 1186.from March fifth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, inclusive, one thousand two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.Civil Service Commission. For necessary traveling expenses, Traveling expenses, etc.including those of examiners acting under the direction of the commission, and for expenses of examinations and investigations held elsewhere than at Washington, one thousand five hundred dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Treasury Department. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.Secretary's office. Authority is granted to the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the appropriation Transfer of salary appropriations.“Salaries, office of Secretary of the Treasury, Division of Loans and Currency,” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, to the appropriation*Ante,* pp. 486, 490“Salaries, office of Comptroller of the Currency (national currency, reimbursable),” for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, the sum of two thousand nine hundred and sixty-three dollars and ninety-four cents, to meet the expenses of the force detailed therefrom to the National Bank-Note Redemption Division, office of Comptroller of the Currency, to assort nationalbank notes received for redemption as fully set forth in House Document Numbered Twelve hundred and fifty-one of the present session. 1291 The proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorized and directed to examine and state an accountTreasurer.of the items of unavailable funds, Credit for unavailable funds.as set forth in House Document Numbered Seven hundred and twenty-one, Sixty-first Congress, second session, and to credit the general account of the Treasurer of the United States with the amount thereof: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the credit herein authorized shall be made in such manner as to debit the individual or depositary chargeable therewithAccounting.upon the books of the Treasury Department: *Provided further,* That upon the recovery or payment of any part of said unavailable funds, the same shall be deposited in the Treasury in such maimer as to debit the Deposit of funds recovered.Treasurer of the United States in his general account and to credit the individual or depositary charged therewith upon the books of the Treasury Department.
Any unexpended balance of the appropriation of twenty-five thousand dollars made by the deficiency Commission to investigate stocks and bonds issued by railroads.appropriation Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante,* p. 774.for the commission on issuance of stocks and bonds by railroad corporations which shall remain unexpended at the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven is reappropriated for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase the necessary materials for the use of the bookbinderBookbinding materials.authorized by law, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two hundred and fifty dollars. To reimburse the TreasurerTreasurer.of the United States for the loss which occurred in his office on January eleventh, nineteen hundred and eleven, without negligence or fault on his part,Reimbursement.one thousand dollars and forty cents. COLLECTING INTERNAL REVENUE.Internal revenue.
For salaries and expenses of forty revenue agentsAgents, etc.provided for by law, and fees and expenses of gaugers, salaries and expenses of storekeepers and storekeepergaugers, ninety thousand dollars. For classifying, indexing, exhibiting, and properly caring for the returns of all corporationsCorporation tax.required by section thirty-eight Classifying, etc. returns.of an Act entitled “An Act to provide revenue, equalize duties, and encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes,” approved August fifth, nineteen hundred *Ante,* p. 114.and nine, including the employment in the District of Columbia of such clerical and other personal services and for rent of such quarters as may be necessary, five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That any and all such returns shall be open to inspection only upon the order of the President, under rules and regulationsInspection restriction.to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the President.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, Expenses of collecting.is authorized, out of the appropriation made for the purpose of carrying into effect section thirty-eight of the tariff act*Ante,* p. 112.of August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, and out of the balance of the appropriations for that purpose for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven, Additional force.which balance is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, to employ such additional force of internal-revenue agents, inspectors, deputy collectors, clerks, laborers, and other assistants as he may deem proper and necessary to the prompt operation and enforcement of said section thirty-eight.
Refund of sums paid for documentary stamps: Documentary stamps on foreign bills of exchange.The time within which claims may be presented for refunding the sums paid for documentary stamps used on foreign bills of exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, Time extended for presenting claims for refund of.and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or merchan1292dise actually exported to foreign countries, specified in the Act entitled “An Act to provide for refunding stamp taxes paid under the Act of June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, upon foreign bills of exchange drawn between July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and June thirtieth, Vol. 35, p. 590.nineteen hundred and one, against the value of products or merchandise actually exported to foreign countries and authorizing rebate of duties on anthracite coal imported into the United States from October sixth, nineteen hundred and two, to January fifteenth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes,” approved February first, nineteen hundred and nine, be, and is hereby, extended to December first, nineteen hundred and eleven.
Refunding internal-revenueRefunding collections.collections: To enable the Secretan’ of the Treasury to refund money covered into the Treasury as internalrevenue collections under provisions of the Act approved May twentyseventh, nineteen hundred and eight, forty thousand dollars. Paper for internal-revenue stamps: For paper for internal-revenue stamps, including freight, ten thousand dollars. MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.Mints and assay offices. Assay office at New York: New York.Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to use of the unexpended balance to the credit of the appropriationEquipment of new assay office.for parting and refining bullion the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars for the purposes herein stated :
To provide lighting fixtures, new melting furnaces, additional scales, bal ances, and other necessary apparatus, appliances, and equipment, including house telephone and time and watchman’s clock systems and office furniture; or so much thereof as may be necessary for the proper equipment of the new assay office, the same to be immediately available. All laws and parts of laws, Parting and refining buillion.to the extent that they make a permanent indefinite appropriation for the expenses of parting and refining bullion, Indefinite appropriation for, repealed.are repealed to take effect from and after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and thirteen, Vol. 19, pp. 157, 306.and annually thereafter, submit to Congress, in the regular Book of Estimates, detailed estimates for the expenses of this service.
The unexpended balance, after meeting all obligations, Balance to be covered into the Treasury.of the permanent indefinite appropriation for parting and refining bullion remaining on the books of the Treasury two years after the close of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. Mint at Carson, Nevada: Carson, Nev.For incidental and contingent expenses, Incidental expenses.being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, five dollars and ninety-four cents.
For incidental and contingent expenses, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, seventeen dollars and thirty cents. Assay office at Deadwood, South Dakota: Deadwood, S. Dak.Assayer in charge, additional compensation Assayer, etc.for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two hundred and fifty dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses, new machinery, and so forth, one thousand dollars. INDEPENDENT TREASURY.Independent Treasury. Office of Assistant Treasurer at ChicagoChicago.:
For two clerks, at one thousand two hundred dollars each Assistant treasurer’s office.during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two thousand four hundred dollars. 1293 For paper for interest, transfer, redemption, pension and other checksPaper for checks.and drafts for the use of the Treasurer of the United States, assistant treasurers, pension agents, disbursing officers, and others, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, ten thousand dollars. BUREAU OF ENGRAVING AND PRINTING.Engraving and printing.
For labor and expenses of engraving and printing: For salariesSalaries.of all necessary employees, other than plate printers and plate printers’ assistants, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, forty-five thousand dollars. For wagesWages.of plate printers, at piece rates to be fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, not to exceed the rates usually paid for such work, including the wages of printers’ assistants, when employed, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.Public buildings. Treasury Building, Washington, District of Columbia, Treasury building, D. C.special repairs: To rearrange, improve, and modernize the interior Improving, etc., interior.of the Treasury Building in Washington, District of Columbia, including approaches thereto, the mechanical and vault equipments of the same to fit the said building for the economical transaction of business, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, forty-eight thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars.
Paris, Illinois, Paris, Ill.post office: For additional amount required to complete the building, due to the abrogation of the contract for construction and the failure of the surety company on the contractor’s bond, fifteen thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Dayton, Ohio, Dayton, Ohio.post office and courthouse: For commencement of building, under present limit, twenty-five thousand dollars. Vaults, safes, and locks for public buildings: Vaults, safes, and locks.For vaults, safes, and locks for same, and repairs thereto, for all public buildings under the control of the Treasury Department, including the lock-box equipment and repairs to same in completed and occupied buildings, exclusive of personal services, except for work done by contract, twenty-five thousand dollars.
Heating apparatusHeating apparatus.To for public buildings: pay the balance due the Chisholm Company, under its contract dated February first, nineteen hundred and eight, for heating apparatus supplied for the post office and courthouse at Trenton, New Jersey, Trenton, N. J.one thousand six hundred and seventy-six dollars and fifty-five cents. To pay the balance due Kinnison Brothers, under their contract dated January seventh, nineteen hundred and eight, for heating apparatus supplied for the post office and courthouse at Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth, Tex.nine hundred and seventy-three dollars and thirty-seven cents.
Mechanical equipmentMechanical equipment.for public buildings: Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to pay the amounts, aggregating six hundred and seventy-three dollars and ninety-two cents, as set forth on page five of House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-seven of the present session, for work done and articles supplied to various marine hospitals and quarantine stations during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, in the respective amounts stated, and to charge said bills to the appropriation for “Mechanical equipment for public buildings, nineteen hundred and ten.” 1294 General expenses of public buildings:
General expenses.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to execute and cany into effect the provisions of Vol. 35. p. 537.section six of the Act of May thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight (Thirty- fifth Statutes, page five hundred and thirty-seven, part one), and under the limitations and provisions thereof, except that the limitation of said Act for superintendents of construction and other purposes is increased to two hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars, eighty- five thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to the clerk of the county court of Maysville, Ky. Right of way.Mason County, Kentucky, the cost of taking an acknowledgment, together with certificate and seal, incident to securing the right of way or easement through private property, in connection with the construction of a sewer for the public building at Maysville, Kentucky, one dollar and fifty cents, the same to be charged to the appropriation for ‘‘General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and ten.
” Authority is hereby granted the Portland, Me.Secretary of the Treasury to pay from the appropriation for “General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and ten,” the sum of fifteen dollars and sixty-five cents to the city of Portland, Maine, for sprinkling streets Sprinkling streets.around the site acquired for the new courthouse building in that city. Authority is hereby granted theWebster, Mass.Secretary of the Treasury to pay from the appropriation for “General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and ten, ” the sum of one dollar and fifty cents to Advertising.The Webster Press (Incorporated), of Webster, Massachusetts, for publishing advertisement, in July, nineteen hundred and six, covering proposals for sale of land as a public building site in said city.
Authority is hereby granted the New London, Conn. Advertising.Secretary of the Treasury to pay from the appropriation for “General expenses of public buildings, nineteen hundred and eleven, ” the sum of eight dollars and thirteen cents to The New London Daily Globe, and the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents to Telegraph Publishing Company (publishers, The New London Telegraph), for advertising for bids for alterations, painting, and so forth, at the United States customhouse, New London, Connecticut.
Furniture Furniture, etc.and repairs of same for public buildings: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish the equipment for forty-five new buildings and to supply and complete the furniture equipment of the new buildings at Saint Louis, Houston, Detroit, and Columbus, which it is necessary should be furnished before July first, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Fuel, lights, and water for public buildings: Fuel, lights, and water.Authority is hereby granted the Secretary of the Treasury to pay from the appropriation for “fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, nineteen hundred and nine,” the sum of ten dollars and seventy-seven cents, to the Manhattan Electrical Supply Company, of New York City, for five electric-light portables, complete, including shades and wiring, furnished January sixth, nineteen hundred and five, for use in the United States post office at Saginaw, Michigan.Saginaw, Mich.
CUSTOMS SERVICE.Customs service. To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, Collecting revenue. R. S., sec. 3687, p. 724.being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, five hundred thousand dollars. To defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, being additional to the permanent appropriation for this purpose, for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, sixty-eight thousand dollars. 1295 To refund to the Albert Champion Company, Albert Champion Company.of Boston, Massachusetts, duties erroneously collected from them, as reported by the collector of customs at that port, and covered into the Treasury, two thousand two hundred and seventy-two dollars and forty-eight cents.
PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE-HOSPITAL SERVICE.Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service. Expenses of Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, as follows: For pay, Pay, etc.allowances, and commutation of quarters for commissioned medical officers and pharmacists, thirty-nine thousand dollars; For all other employees, twenty-three thousand dollars; For maintenance of marine hospitals, Maintenance of hospitals.including subsistence, and for all other necessary miscellaneous expenses which are not included under special heads, thirteen thousand dollars;
For medical examinations, Medical examinations, etc.care of seamen, care and treatment of all other persons entitled to relief, and miscellaneous expenses at other than marine hospitals, which are not included under special heads, twenty-nine thousand dollars; In all, one hundred and four thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS TREASURY DEPARTMENT.Miscellaneous. Distinctive paper for United States securities:Distinctive paper, securities.For the payment of laundry bills for washing sheets, pillowcases, and towels used by the watchmen and other employees at the Government millExpenses at mill.at Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from September first, nineteen hundred and nine, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, at the rate of three dollars per month, thirty dollars.
To reimburse the State board of regents of the University of IdahoIdaho University.for the premium paid on an indemnity bond on account of the loss of a United States draftReimbursement.for twenty-five thousand dollars in transit between the United States Treasury and the State treasury of Idaho, five hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to adjustOregon.and report to Congress, through the office of the Auditor for the War Department, all unpaid claims for services of the volunteers who rendered service in the war with the Indians in Oregon in eighteen hundred and forty-seven and eighteen hundred and forty-eight, Report, etc., on claims for volunteers, Cayuse war.known as the Cayuse war, at the same rates as were paid to those whose claims have already been settled, and when said claims shall have been settled, the amount found to be due in each individual case shall be certified up to the Congress.
Refund of fine to Harald Berg: To refund to Captain Harald Berg, Harald Berg.master of the Norwegian steamship Times, a fine Refund of fine.imposed on him for violation of section twenty-eight hundred and seventy-two, Revised Statutes, R.S. sec. 2872, p.556.which fine was remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, pursuant to section fifty-two hundred and ninety-two, Revised Statutes, R. S. Rec.5292, p.1027.but erroneously covered into the Treasury, four hundred dollars. The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Captain Claudius M.
Seaman,Claudius M. Seaman.Coast Artillery Corps, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, disallowed against himCredit in accounts.on the books of the Treasury. The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel William C. Langfitt,William C. Langfitt.Corps of Engineers, the sum of one hundred and eighty-two dollars, Credit in accounts.disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. 1296 The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel William C.
Langfitt, Corps of Engineers, the sum of one hundred dollars, disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. Relief of the heirs of Charles F. Atwood and Ziba II. Nickerson: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of an “Act for the relief of the heirs of Charles F. Atwood and Ziba II. Nickerson,” Charles F. Atwood and Ziba H. Nickerson.approved February thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, Post, p. 1906.two thousand eight hundred and forty dollars.
Relief of Cooper Walker: Cooper Walker.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of an “Act for the relief of Cooper Walker, ’ approved *Post.* p. 1882.January nineteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, one hundred and ninety dollars. Relief of E. C. Young: E. C. Young.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of an “Act for the relief of E. C. Young,” approved *Post,* p. 1919.February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, four hundred and forty-nine dollars and thirty cents.
Relief of Phoebe Clark: Phoebe Clark.To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the provisions of an “Act for the relief of Phoebe Clark,” approved February sixteenth, *Post,* p. 1980.nineteen hundred and eleven, one hundred and sixteen dollar’s. . To pay to the State of New HampshireNew Hampshire.for land and fort in Portsmouth Harbor Payment for land, etc.ceded to the United States, twelve thousand dollars. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.District of Columbia. Takoma Park Branch Public Library:Takoma Park, library.For maintenance Maintenance.of the Takoma Park Public Library, employment of librarian and assistants, substitutes, and other special and temporary services, *Ante,* p. 290.extra services for Sundays and holidays, purchase of books, periodicals, binding, fuel, and other contingent expenses, the rates of compensation of all employees to be determined by the board of library trustees, fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two thousand five hundred dollars.
For purchase of books, Books.to be immediately available, two thousand dollars. Contingent expenses: Contingent expenses.For postage for strictly official mail matter, two thousand dollars. Postage. For additional amount required for advertising taxes in arrears, Advertising tax arrearages.five hundred and fifty dollars. For the purchase of metal identification number tagsTags for horse drawn vehicles.for horsedrawn vehicles for business purposes in the District of Columbia, five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, five hundred dollars.
Judicial expenses: Judicial expenses.For additional amount required for objects set forth for judicial expenses, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, nine dollars and fifty cents. Coroner’s office:Coroner’s office.For additional amount required to meet the object set forth in the appropriation for contingent expenses of the coroner’s office, three thousand five hundred dollars. General advertising: For additional amount required for general advertisingAdvertising.authorized and required by law, and for tax and school notices and notices of changes in regulations— For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, five hundred and fiftvnine dollars and twenty-six cents.
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, twenty-two dollars and fifty cents. Improvements and repairs: Assessment and permit work.For additional amount required to meet the object set forth in the appropriation for assessment and permit work, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, one dollar and seventy-five cents. 1297 The work authorized by the appropriation of fifteen thousand dollarsGrading.contained in the District appropriation Act approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, Use of hired labor. *Ante,* p. 385.for grading streets, alleys, and roads, may, in the discretion of the commissioners, be performed by hired labor.
The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to pay to A. Wilson and BrotherA. Wilson and Brother,the sum of eleven dollars and eighty-three cents for fuelFuel.furnished the District of Columbia without the usual certificate of inspection required by law, September, nineteen hundred and ten. Extension of streets and avenues:Extension of streets, etc.For additional amounts required for payment of costs and expenses of condemnation proceedings, taken pursuant to the following public Acts, to be paid wholly from the revenues of the District of Columbia:
An Act to extend S Street, S Street.in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, Vol. 30, p. 1354.three dollars and five cents. An Act authorizing the extension of T Street T Street N. W.(formerly W Street) northwest, one dollar and twenty-five cents.Vol. 34, p. 1001. Road along the south bank of Anacostia River:Anacostia River.For additional amount required to meet the costs and expenses of condemnationRoad along bank of.proceedings, two hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-seven Ante, p. 353.cents.
Purchase of lands, Government reservations: Lands for reservations, etc.For additional amount required to meet the costs and expenses of condemnationCondemnation expenses.proceedings, taken pursuant to section two of the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, payable wholly from the Vol. 34, p. 787.revenues of the United States, forty cents. Public schools:Public schools.For additional amount required for pay of janitors, Western High School, Western High School.three hundred and twenty dollars.
For additional amount required to meet the object set forth in appropriation to provide for increased enrollment resultingTemporary rooms, etc.from the operation of the compulsory-education law, one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. Fire department:Fire department.Salaries: Salaries.For additional amount required to meet payment of salaries, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, eleven dollars and fifty-seven cents. Health department:Health department.For additional amount required to meet object set forth in the appropriation for disinfecting service,Disinfecting service.three thousand dollars.
For additional amount required for contingent expenses incident to the enforcement of an act to regulate the sale of milkMilk inspection.in the District of Columbia, approved March second, eighteen hundred and ninety- five, Vol. 28, p. 709.and for other purposes, two hundred dollars. Juvenile court:Juvenile court.For services rendered by acting judgeActing judge.during absence of judge of said court, as authorized by section three of the ActVol, 31, p. 73.of March nineteenth, nineteen hundred and six:
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, two hundred and five dollars. Fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, eighty-five dollars. For additional amount required for incidental expenses, fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, nine dollars and two cents. Police court:Police court.For additional amount required for witness fees, Witness fees.fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, seventy-five cents. Writs of lunacy: Lunacy writs.For additional amount required to meet object set forth in the appropriation for writs of lunacy—- Fiscal year nineteen hundred and three, one dollar and twenty- five cents.
Fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, two dollars and fifty cents. Washington asylum: Washington Asylum. Abandoned families.Support of abandoned wives and children: For additional amount requiredVol. 34, p. 87.for payment to beneficiaries under 1298Act of May twenty-third, nineteen hundred and six, one thousand five hundred dollars. Columbia Polytechnic Institute:Columbia Polytechnic Institute.For the instruction and employment of the blind of the Columbia Polytechnic Institute who are actual residents of the District of Columbia, and for the purchase and repair of machinery and tools which may be needed to equip a workshop for the blind of said District, Instruction, etc., of the blind.three thousand dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
Home for the Aged and Infirm: Home for Aged and Infirm.For additional amount required for provisions, fuel, forage, harness and vehicles and repairs to same, ice, shoes, clothing, dry goods, tailoring, drugs and medical supplies, furniture and bedding, kitchen utensils, and other necessary items, two thousand dollars. Water supply.The unexpended balance of the appropriation of six thousand five hundred dollars made by the Act of May Vol. 35, p. 303.twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and eight, for duplicating water supply at the Home for the Aged and Infirm is hereby re appropriated and continued available until and including June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve.
National Training School for Boys:National Training School for Boys.For care and maintenance of boys committed to the National Training School for Boys by the courts of the District of Columbia additional to the amount payable under a contract made by the Board of Charities with the authorities of said National Training School for Boys, this sum being intended to pay said school additional not exceeding one dollar per week for each boy so committed and maintained during any part of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are directed to allow and credit in the accounts of S. W. Curriden, S. W. Curriden.treasurer, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, Credit in accounts.to cover expenses for periodicals for the use of the National Training School for Boys during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven. Eastern Dispensary:Eastern Dispensary.For additional amount required for emergency care and treatment of and free dispensary to indigent patients, under a contract or agreement to be made with the Eastern Dispensary by the Board of Charities, two thousand two hundred dollars.
Tuberculosis Hospital:Tuberculosis Hospital.For additional amount required for erection of mortuary,Mortuary.two thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the sum hereby appropriated, together with the appropriatioBalance available.n made for said purpose by the Act of May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, shall continue available for expenditures until and including June*Ante,* p. 408.thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve. Industrial Home School for Colored Children:Industrial Home School for Colored Children.For additional amount required for maintenance, including purchase and care of horses, wagons, and harness, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Industrial Home School:Industrial Home School.For additional amount required for maintenance, including purchase and care of horses, wagons, and harness, one thousand dollars. Board of Children’s Guardians: Board of Children’s Guardians.That authority is hereby granted to pay, in addition to the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars heretofore authorized, Care of children.a further sum not to exceed four thousand dollars to institutions adjudged to be under sectarian control, fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven.
Militia :Naval militia.For pay of officers and enlisted menPay.in the Naval Battalion for annual cruise of nineteen hundred and ten, three thousand six hundred and ten dollars and twelve cents. For furniture, fire hose and connections, fire extinguishers, and all material necessary for the equipment and care of the storehouse, Storehouse.Naval Battalion, District of Columbia Militia, one thousand and1299 seventy dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That so much as may be necessary of the sum heretofore appropriated for the construction of the Naval Battalion storehouse is hereby made available for the purchase and installation of locker equipment and for repair Repairs, etc.of sea wall and adjacent dock.
Refunding taxes: Refunding permit fees, etc.The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized to pay to H. C. Green H. C. Green.the sum of three dollars for amount erroneously paid for certain permits. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia are hereby authorized and directed to pay to Margaret R. SammonsMargaret R. Sammons.the sum of seven dollars and thirty-one cents, account of erroneously paid taxes. Judgments: For payment of the judgments, Judgments. including costs, against the district of Columbia, set forth in House Documents Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-seven and Thirteen hundred and seventy-eight of this session, five thousand eight hundred and thirty dollars and ninety-five cents, together with a further sum sufficient to pay the interest, at not exceeding four per centum, on said judgments, as provided by law, from the date the same became due until the date of payment.
Support of prisoners: Support of prisoners. For expenses for maintenance of the jail of the District of Columbia, including pay of guards and all other necessary personal services, and for support of prisoners therein, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, five thousand dollars. Miscellaneous expenses, supreme court: Supreme court, D. C.For payment of such miscellaneous expenses Miscellaneous expenses.as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the supreme court of the District of Columbia and its officers, including the furnishing and collecting of evidence where the United States is or may be a party in interest, including also such expenses as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the court of appeals, District of Columbia, for fiscal years as follows:
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, four dollars and eighty-nine cents. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, twenty-two dollars and thirty-two cents. Except as otherwise provided, Part from District revenues.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 not otherwise appropriated. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia Municipal regulations.are authorized hereafter to issue, in their discretion, without charge, to officers and the judiciary of the government of the District of Columbia, and to other officers of the Government, and to institutions of learning, and to State and city officials, Issue and sale of.by way of documentary exchange, copies of building, police, plumbing, and other municipal regulations made and published by them in their official capacity, not exceeding in all one hundred copies, and the remainder of such publications shall only be disposed of by sale at not less than the cost price and ten per centum thereof; and all moneys received from the saleProceeds.of said regulations shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the District of Columbia and the United States in equal parts. 1300 MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.War Department.
PAY DEPARTMENT.Army. For pay Pay.of officers and enlisted men of the Army, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For amount required to make monthly payments to John R. Kissinger, John R. Kissinger.late of Company D, One hundred and fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and Annuity.also late of Hospital Corps, United States Army, from February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, Post, p. 1906.inclusive, as authorized by the Act approved February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, one thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and thirty-three cents.
SUBSISTENCE DEPARTMENT. For subsistenceSubsistence.of the Army, including all objects mentioned under this head in Army appropriation Act for fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, four hundred thousand dollars. MISCELLANEOUS. For payment to Wesley A. Stuart, Wesley A. Stuart.attorney, Sturgis, South Dakota, for defending First Lieutenant David H. Biddle, in a suit brought against that officerPayment to.for causing a herd of horses to be ejected from the military reservation at Fort Meade, South Dakota, fifty dollars.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Captain William T. Wilder, Cant. William T. Wilder.paymaster, United States Army, with the sum of four hundred and fourteen dollars and sixty-two cents, being the unrecovered balance of public funds contained Credit in accounts.in an iron field safe that was stolen at Camp E. S. Otis, Wyoming, on the night of August ninth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for which Captain Wilder remains accountable.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Major William B. Rochester, Maj. William B. Rochester.paymaster, United States Army, the sum of eighty-eight dollars and eighty-nine cents suspended against the payment on his voucher numbered eighty, Credit in accounts.for January, nineteen hundred and nine, to Colonel William B. Haldeman, First Regiment of Infantry, Kentucky National Guard, for the period from September twenty-third to thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eight, while participating in the joint Army and militia maneuvers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Colonel John L. Clem, Col. John L. Clem. Credit in accounts.Assistant Quartermaster General, United States Army, the sum of eighteen dollars and eighty-four cents, disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Major G. G. Bailey, Maj. G. G. Bailey.quartermaster, United States Army, the sum of one hundred and thirty-four dollars and eighty-two cents, Credit in accounts.disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to allow and credit in the accounts of Captain Louis F. Garrard, Capt. Louis F Garrard.quartermaster, United States Army, the sum of nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents, Credit in accounts.disallowed against him on the books of the Treasury. 1301 SIGNAL SERVICE.Signal Service. The funds appropriated in the Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine, for the purchase and development of wireless telephone apparatus, Wireless telephone.
Vol. 35,. p. 734.are hereby made available, for the purpose heretofore appropriated, during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve. NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS.Volunteer Soldiers' Home. For subsistence, Subsistence. Ante, p., 732.including the same objects specified under this head for the Central Branch in the sundry civil appropriai ion Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, at the following branches, namely : At the Northwestern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Milwaukee, Wis. six thousand six hundred dollars.
At the Western Branch, Leavenworth, Kansas, Leavenworth, Kans. twelve thousand eight hundred dollars. At the Pacific Branch, Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, Cal.two thousand four hundred dollars. At the Marion Branch, Marion, Indiana, Marion. Ind. two thousand four hundred dollars. At the Danville Branch, Danville, Illinois, Danville, Ill. five thousand five hundred dollars. At the Mountain Branch, Johnson City, Tennessee, Johnson City. Tenn.nine thousand three hundred dollars.
State or Territorial homesState or Territorial homes.for disabled soldiers and sailors: For continuing aid to State or Territorial homes for the support of disabled volunteer soldiers, in conformity with the Act approved August twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, Vol. 25, p. 450.including all classes of soldiers admissible to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, eighty-one thousand one hundred and forty-three dollars and sixty cents: *Provided,*Provisos.That no part of this appropriation shall be apportioned to any State or Territorial home that maintains a bar or canteen where intoxicatingIntoxicants.liquors are sold: *Provided further,* That for any sum or sums collected in any manner from inmates of such State or Territorial homes to be used for the supportCollections from inmates.of said homes a like amount shall be deducted from the aid herein provided for, but this proviso shall not apply to any State or Territorial home into which the wives or widows of soldiers are admitted and maintained.
RIVER AND HARBOR WORKRivers and harbors. To pay claims adjusted and settledPaying claims for collisions, etc.under section four of the river and harbor appropriation Act, approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante,* p. 676.and certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Twelve hundred and forty-nine at the present session, four hundred and nineteen dollars and eighty cents. Indiana Harbor, Indiana: Indiana Harbor, Ind.So much as may be necessary of the unexpended balance of the appropriation heretofore made for the improvement Inner harbor maintenance.of the harbor at Indiana Harbor, Indiana, is hereby made available, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, for the maintenance of the inner harbor, in accordance with the provisions of House Document Numbered One thousand one hundred and thirteen, Sixtieth Congress, second session.
Authority is hereby given the Secretary of War, in his discretion, to apply any unexpended balance for Union River, Maine, Union River, Me.of appropriation for improving said river and allotmentsRemoving boulders.for the same from 1302appropriation “Preservation and maintenance of river and harbor works,” to removing obstructive bowlders and ledge along said river above the limits of the existing project. MILITARY ACADEMY.Military Academy For pay of one commandant of cadets, Pay of commandant of cadets.in addition to pay as captain, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, five hundred dollars and thirty-three cents.
Current and ordinary expenses: For fuelFuel, etc. and apparatus, namely, coal, wood, charcoal, stoves, grates, heaters, furnaces, ranges and fixtures, fire bricks, clay, sand, and mica, and for repairs of steamheating and coal-conveying apparatus, grates, stoves, heaters, ranges, furnaces, five thousand five hundred dollars. NAVY DEPARTMENT.Navy Department. To pay voucher in favor of George F. Muth and Company, George F. Muth. Payment to.for blue-print cloth furnished the Bureau of Yards and Docks in August, nineteen hundred and six, bill for which was not rendered until after the balance under this appropriation had been carried to the surplus fund, being for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, nine dollars and seven tvfive cents.
To pay the claims adjusted and determined by the Navy Department, Collisions with naval vessels.under the naval appropriation ActPayment of claims.for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-six Statutes at Large, page six hundred and seven), Ante, p. 607.on account of damages occasioned to private property by collisions with vessels of the United States Navy and for which the naval vessels were responsible, certified to Congress at its present session in House Documents Numbered Twelve hundred and ninety-five, Thirteen hundred and twenty-one, and Thirteen hundred and eighty- six, two hundred and twenty-six dollars and six cents.
To pay the Canadian Electric Light CompanyCanadian Electric Light Co.for damages to its cable by the United States gunboat Essex by fouling her anchor with the company’s cablePayment to.between Levis and the city of Quebec. July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and four, the same being in full for and the receipt of the same to be taken and accepted as full and final release of the claim, seven thousand three hundred and seven dollars and thirty cents. NAVAL ESTABLISHMENT.Navy. GENERAL ACCOUNT OF ADVANCES.
To reimburse “General account of advances,” General account of advances.created by the Act of June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight (Twentieth Statutes at Large, page one hunched and sixty-seven), Vol. 20, p. 167.for amounts advanced therefrom and expended on account of the several appropriations named in excess of the sums appropriated therefor for the fiscal years given, found to be duo the “general account” on adjustment by the accounting officers, there is appropriated as follows:
For payPay.of the Navy, nineteen hundred and eight, two thousand one hundred and twenty-one dollars and thirty-one cents; For pay of the Navy, nineteen hundred and seven, Pay, miscellaneous.one thousand two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and twenty-four cents; For pay, miscellaneous, nineteen hundred and six, seventeen dollars and thirty-one cents ; For transportation and recruiting, Marine Corps, Marine Corps.nineteen hundred and seven, five dollars and twenty-five cents; For contingent, Marine Corps, nineteen hundred and eight, nineteen dollars and ninety-six cents ; 1303 For outfits on first enlistment, Bureau of Navigation, Bureau of Navigation.nineteen hundred and eight, seven hundred and thirty-two dollars and seventy-five cents ;
For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, Bureau of Equipment.nineteen hundred and eight, ninety-four cents; For contingent, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.nineteen hundred and eight, fifteen dollars and fifty-seven cents; For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair.nineteen hundred and eight, three thousand three hundred and eight dollars and twenty-two cents; For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, Bureau of Steam Engineering.nineteen hundred and six, five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and fifty-four cents;
For repairs and preservationRepairs and preservation.at navy yards, nineteen hundred and eight, sixteen thousand one hundred and two dollars and eighty-eight cents; For pay, miscellaneous, Pay, miscellaneous.nineteen hundred and nine fifteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars and forty-eight cents; For heating and lighting, Naval Academy, Naval Academy.nineteen hundred and nine, two hundred and five dollars and sixty-four cents; For coal and transportation, Bureau of Equipment, Bureau of Equipment.nineteen hundred and nine, nine thousand four hundred and fifty-nine dollars and thirty-two cents;
For repairs and preservation at navy yards, Bureau of Yards and Docks,Bureau of Yards and Docks.nineteen hundred and nine, three thousand six hundred and forty-three dollars and fifty-nine cents; For medical department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.nineteen hundred and ten, sixteen thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents; For medical department, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, nineteen hundred and nine, two hundred and forty-five dollars and three cents;
For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.nineteen hundred and nine, six thousand three hundred and sixty-four dollars and seventy-six cents; For engineering experimental station, Annapolis, Maryland, Bureau of Steam Engineering, Bureau of Steam Engineering.nineteen hundred and ten, eighty dollars and forty-two cents; In all, seventy-six thousand five hundred and nine dollars and fiftyeight cents. PAY, MISCELLANEOUS. For pay, miscellaneous, Pay, miscellaneous.including all objects mentioned under this head in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, one hundred and forty thousand dollars.
The Auditor for the Navy Department is directed to allow mileage to officers Mileage to officers.of the Navy who have heretofore been disallowed same by reason of a decision of the Assistant Comptroller of the Treasury dated March seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten; and to pay said allowances Accounts allowed.out of any balances of the appropriations for pay, miscellaneous, of the Navy. To reimburse clothing and small-stores fund for prison clothing furnished the marine officer in command of naval prison, navy yard, Mare Island, California, Mare Island, Cal., naval prison.during the months of February, March, and June, nineteen hundred and nine, being for use of general courts- martial prisoners confined in the prison, one thousand two hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty cents.
To reimburse provisions, Navy, nineteen hundred and nine, for ice furnished various yard departments at naval station, Guantanamo, Cuba, Guantanamo, Cuba.during October, November, and December, nineteen hundred and eight, and March, April, and May, nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and fifty-one dollars and seventy-eight cents. 1304 NAVAL ACADEMY.Naval Academy. For rentRent, etc.of buildings for use of the academy and commutation of rent for bandsmen at eight dollars per month each, one thousand one hundred and fifty-two dollars.
For supplementary amount needed to pay commutation of rent for bandsmen at eight dollars per month each, from April twenty- first, nineteen hundred and ten, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, both inclusive, sixty-one dollars and thirty-eight cents. BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.Bureau of Navigation. For maintenance of naval training station, Yerba Buena, California, namely: Naval training station, Yerba Buena Island, Cal.For all objects mentioned under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty cents.
BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS.Bureau of Yards and Docks. Maintenance, Maintenance.Bureau of Yards and Docks: For general maintenance of yards and docks, including all objects mentioned under this title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, one hundred thousand dollars. BUREAU OF ORDNANCE.Bureau of Ordnance. Naval magazine, Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania: Fort Mifflin magazine, Pa.For dikes, embankments, spillways, and filling in lowlands, ten thousand dollars.
NAVAL ACADEMY.Naval Academy. Buildings and grounds: To provide separate systems in Bancroft HallBancroft Hall.for the disposal of the sewage of the building and of the drainage from the kitchen, ten thousand dollars. For additional amount required for the transfer of the power plantPower plant.and for the completion of the installation of the new powerhouse, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY.Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “Medical Department,” Medical Department.including all objects mentioned under this title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, fifty thousand dollars.
For the reimbursement Reimbursement.of the appropriation “Provisions, Navy, nineteen hundred and nine,” for evaporated milk and other pro- visions issued to the Medical Department by the general storekeepers at the navy yards, Mare Island, California, and Charleston, South Carolina, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and sixty-four dollars and fifty-four cents. Bringing home remains of officers: Transportation of remains: Transportation of remains.To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “Bringing home remains of officers, and so forth,” including all objects mentioned under this title of appropriation in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen bundled and eleven, five thousand dollars. 1305 MARINE CORPSMarine Corps.
The Auditor for the Navy Department Foreign service pay.is authorized and directed to allow in the accounts of Lieutenant Colonel William C. Dawson, Major Harold C. Reisinger, and Captain Davis B. Wills, assistant paymastersAllowance of accounts of paymasters, for.. United States Marine Corps, the sums of one hundred and forty-eight dollars and three cents, sixty-six dollars and forty- one cents, and fifty-three dollars and ninety-six cents, respectively, heretofore paid as foreign service pay to certain enlisted men, who have since been discharged, or have deserted; which payments were disallowed, or are subject to disallowance, under decisions by the Comptroller of the Treasury, dated April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and ten, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten.
For provisions, Provisions.Marine Corps, including items specified under this head in naval appropriation Acts, for fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, seventy thousand dollars. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine, two thousand eight hundred and nine dollars and seventeen cents. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, four dollars. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, fifty cents. For fuel, Fuel.Marine Corps, including items specified under this head in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, ten thousand dollars.
For contingent, Contingent.Marine Corps, including items specified under this head in the naval appropriation Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, thirty dollars and sixty-two cents. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.Interior Department. For reimbursement to the appropriation for contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and eleven, John Allen Heany.of expenses incurred in the investigation instituted in the Patent Office to determine the validity of certain applications for Expenses, patent case.patent for electric lighting, filed by one John Allen Heany, including traveling expenses, expenses of witnesses, cost of copies of testimony, and other expenses incident to the investigation, two thousand five hundred dollars.
To reimburse the appropriation “Contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and eleven,” on account of advanced expenditures made therefrom to the Bureau of Mines, established in the Department of the Interior May sixteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, four thousand five hundred dollars. Additional rent of building, Civil Service Commission: Civil Service Commission.For additional amount required during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve to pay for Additional rent of new offices.rental of a suitable fireproof building, containing not less than approximately forty thousand square feet of floor space, for the use of the Civil Service Commission and for any bureaus of the Interior Department now occupying rented quarters, *Ante,* p. 795.authorized to be leased for the period of ten years, three hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Removal from present quarters, Civil Service Commission: Expenses of removal.For moving the Civil Service Commission from its present quarters to the new building, and for the purchase of necessary furniture, carpets, curtains, awnings, shelving, bookcases, and other absolutely necessary items for the furnishing and equipment of its new offices, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, four thousand dollars. Repair of rooms, Pension Office Building:
Pension Office.For repair of rooms in the Pension Office Building Repairs.damaged by fire January thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eleven, four thousand one hundred and seventy- five dollars. 1306 Repairs of buildings, Department of the Interior: That the unexpended balance Balance available.of three thousand five hundred dollars provided in ,he sundry civil Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante*, p. 737.or repairs of building, Pension Office, be made available for labor and material in connection with repairs to buildings, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and eleven.
To pay Will M. Tipton, Will M. Tipton.inspector, Department of the Interior, balance found due in the settlement of his account for traveling expenses for the six monthsPayment to.ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and ten, one hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-nine cents. pension office.Pension Office. So much of the appropriation of twenty thousand dollars for continuing the installation of the card-index systemCard index system. Use of balance.of the records of the Pension Office made in the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved *Ante,* p. 514.June seventeenth, nineteen hundred and ten, as remains unexpended on the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred and elevon, be, and the same is hereby, reappropriated and made available during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, for continuing the installation of the card-index system of the records of the Pension Office; and also for the purchase of the necessary additional typewriters for use in connection with such work, the purchase and installation of new modern furniture and office appliances in the Pension Office, and of steel cabinets for the pension agency at Washington.
District of Columbia, to protect checks and paid vouchers in such office from loss by fire. CAPITOL BUILDING.Capitol. For construction of five skylights Skylights.over the old library section of the Capitol, four thousand dollars. For the care and improvement of the groundsCare,etc., of grounds.surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, pay of one clerk, mechanics, gardeners, for fertilizers, repairs to pavements, walks, and roadwavs, two thousand one hundred dollars.
For work at Capitol and for general repairs thereof, Repairs, etc.including flags for the east and west fronts of the center of the Capitol and for Senate and House Office Buildings; flagstaffs, halyards, and tackle, wages of mechanics and laborers; purchase, maintenance, and driving of office vehicle, and not exceeding one hundred dollars for the purchase of technical and necessary reference books and city directory, one thousand two hundred dollars. To complete the construction of the buildingCapitol power plant.
Completion.for the heating, lighting, and power plant in connection with the Capitol Building and other congressional buildings, including waterway, substation equipment, cable connections between buildings, and for each and every purpose in connection with and necessary for said completion, sixty- four thousand three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and sixty-five cents, to be expended under the direction of the commission in controlVol. 34, p. 1365.of the House Office Building appointed under the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven.
The SpeakerSpeaker.shall continue a member of the commission in control of the House Office Building, Continuance on commission.appointed under the sundry civil appropriation Act approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, until his successor as Speaker is elected or his term as a Representative in Congress shall have expired. To pay Elliott WoodsElliott Woods.compensation for services in connection with the preparation of the plans and specifications for and superintending the construction of the House Office Services, House Office Building, etc.Building, the Capitol power plant, and subway, as authorized by the Act approved Vol. 33, p. 1182.March third, nineteen hundred and five, seven thousand five hundred dollars. 1307 To pay Elliott Woods compensation for services in connection with the preparation of the plans Services, Senate Office Building, etc.and specifications for and superintending the construction of the Senate Office Building, seven thousand five hundred dollars.
To pay J. C. Courts J. C. Courts.compensation for services as secretary of the House Office Building Commission Services.since its creation in nineteen hundred and three, as authorized by the Act approved March Vol. 33, p. 1182.third, nineteen hundred and five, two thousand five hundred dollars. To pay H. A. Vale H. A. Vale.compensation for services rendered to the Commission Services.for enlarging the Capitol Grounds, authorized by the Act Ante, p. 738.approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, one thousand dollars.
PUBLIC LANDS SERVICE.Public lands. Idaho.Authority is hereby given to expend out of the sum appropriatedWork in surveyor general’s office.by the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante,* p. 741.for the survey of public lands in Idaho, an additional sum of two thousand dollars for the necessary office work connected therewith in the surveyor general’s office. Montana.Authority is hereby given to expend out of the Work in surveyor general’s office.sum appropriated by the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante,* p. 741.for the survey of public lands in Valley, Dawson, Custer, and Fergus Counties, Montana, an additional sum of two thousand dollars for the necessary office work connected therewith in the surveyor general’s office.
Utah.Authority is hereby given to expend out of the sum Work in surveyor general’s office.appropriated by the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, Public Laws.2d sess., p. 741.for the survey of public lands in Garfield, Iron, Kane, San Juan, and Washington Counties, in the State of Utah, an additional sum of one thousand dollars for office work connected therewith in the surveyor general’s office. Northern Pacific grant.To enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to complete the examination and classification of landsClassifying lands within.within the limits of the Northern Pacific grant under the Vol. 13, p. 367.Act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four (Thirteenth Statutes, page three hundred and sixty-five), as provided in the Act of February Vol. 28, p. 683.twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five (Twenty-eighth Statutes, page six hundred and eighty-three), such examination and classification when approved by the Secretary of the Interior to have the same force and effect as a classification by the mineral land commissioners provided for in said Act of February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninetyfive, the sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated in addition to the sum of thirty thousand dollars provided in the sundry civil Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante,* p. 739.and included in the appropriation of seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars for “Protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven.
” The said additional appropriation of ten thousand dollars, together with the unexpended balance of the thirty thousand dollars for the years nineteen hundred and ten and nineteen hundred and eleven, to continue available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve: *Provided,**Proviso.*That agents and others employed under this appropriation shall be allowed per diem, Per diem.subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe in lieu of subsistence, at a rate not exceeding three dollars per day each and actual necessary expenses for transportation, including necessary sleeping-car fares.
The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby authorized and directed to allow credit in the accounts of William II. Houston, William H. Houston.special disbursing agent, United States land officeCredit in accounts.at Mis1308soula, Montana, the sum of fifteen dollars and eighty-three cents, being the amount disallowed in the settlement of his accounts under the appropriation for “Contingent expenses of land offices, nineteen hundred and nine,” for payments made for janitor service from July first, nineteen hundred and eight, to August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and eight.
The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Company.of Baltimore, Maryland, sureties for Benjamin R. Richardson and James F. Trotter, deputy surveyors, the sum of four hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-nine cents, Payment to.being the amount appropriated by Act of Congress approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Ante*, p. 796.for payment to the said Benjamin R. Richardson and James F. Trotter for surveys in Montana, executed under contract numbered five hundred and three, approved February twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and six.
The Auditor for the Interior Department is authorized and directed to approve and pay the accounts of Glen R. Metsker, Glen R. Metsker. Payment to.special agent of the General Land Office, for per diem from May first to June twentyseventh, inclusive, nineteen hundred and ten, amounting to three hundred and forty-eight dollars, which accounts have been approved by the Commissioner of the General Laud Office and disallowed by the Auditor for the Interior Department. To reimburse receivers Receivers.of public moneys at United States land offices for moneys erroneously deposited by them to the credit of the United States in excess of public moneys Reimbursement for erroneous deposits.received by and due from them as shown on settlement of their final accounts by the Auditor for the Interior Department, as set forth on pages twenty and twenty- one, of House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-seven, of the present session, seventy-four dollars and forty cents.
For payment to certain United States deputy surveyors Deputy surveyors.for surveys of public lands executed by them and necessary to complete the lines of surveys embraced in their contracts and special instructions issued thereunder, being the balance of the amounts found due them by the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the settlement of their accounts in accordance with the rates as authorized in the Acts making appropriation for the survey and resurvey of public lands for the fiscal year in which the work was executed, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-seven, of the present session, five hundred and eighty-six dollars and eighty- one cents.
The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the accounts of Charles F. Read, Charles F. Read. Credit in accounts.special disbursing agent, General Land Office, with the sum of three hundred and fifty-seven dollars and fifty-four cents, being the amount suspended by said accounting officers on account of payments in excess of ten cents per folio made by the disbursing officer to United States commissioners for taking depositions in land hearings under section four Vol. 32. p. 790.of the Act of January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and three (Thirty-second Statutes, page seven hundred and ninety).
To reimburse the State of Idaho, Idaho.as provided in the Act approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, for moneys advanced by said State to the United States,Reimbursement for surveys.under provisions of said Act, Vol. 28. p. 394.to secure the survey of lands granted to said State with a view to satisfying the public land grant made by the Act admitting the State into the Union, as per certificates covering deposits to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States as fully set forth in House Document Numbered Fourteen hundred and two of this session, eight thousand and four dollars.
To pay the Title Guaranty and Surety CompanyTitle Guaranty and Surety Company., Scranton, Pennsylvania, surety for David B. Wickersham, United States deputy surveyor, Payment to.for surveying public lands in Idaho under contract numbered1309two hundred and ninety-one, dated October fifteenth, nineteen hundred and seven, as found due by the accounting officers of the Treasury by certificate of settlement by the Auditor for Interior Department, numbered nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight, of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven, one thousand six hundred and twenty dollars and eight cents, payable from the appropriation “Surveying the public lands, certified claims.
” GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE.Government Insane Hospital. The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to credit the accounts of M. SangerM. Sanger., special disbursing agent, Government Hospital for the Insane, with the sum of one hundred and seventy dollars and five cents, being the amount disallowed, and which will be disallowed, by said accounting officersCredit in accounts.on account of payment made to and for Margaret Fitzpatrick for expenses in going to Chicago and return under direction of her superior officers.
COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR DEAF AND DUMB.Columbia Deaf and Dumb Institution. The expenditures incurred during the current fiscal year for furnishing and equipping the western dormitory of the Columbia InstitutionRepairs, etc. *Ante,* p. 796. for the Deaf and Dumb, partially destroyed by fire February sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, and for resurfacing asphalt walks and driveways adjacent thereto, may be paid from the appropriation available for the current year for rebuilding of the western dormitory.
INDIAN AFFAIRS.Indian Affairs. Administration of affairs of the Five Civilized TribesFive Civilized Tribes.: For expense of administration of affairs Administration expenses.of the Five Civilized Tribes, Oklahoma, in the completion of the work heretofore recmired by law to be done by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes, including salaries of employees and expenses incident to the selling of the unallotted lands of the Five Civilized Tribes, and in the reappraisement and selling of the unallotted timber lands of the Choctaw Nation and the timber thereon; the amount appropriated to be reimbursableReimbursement.from the proceeds of the sales of said lands and timber, thirty thousand dollars.
For additional pay to Second Assistant CommissionerSecond Assistant Commissioner.of Indian Affairs, who shall perform the duties of chief clerk,Additional pay.to be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, *Ante,* p. 1215.five hundred dollars. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.Geological Survey. For geologic surveys in the various portions of the United States: To pay Daniel E. WilliardDaniel E. Williard.for geological field work and compilation necessaryPayment to.to the publication of the Tower, North Dakota, geological folio, for the fiscal years nineteen hundred and four and nineteen hundred and five, respectively, four hundred dollars.
The accounting officers of the Treasury Department are authorized and directed to credit in the accounts Philip S. Smith, Philip S. Smith.assistant geologist, United States Geological Survey, special disbursing agent, Credit in accounts.the sum of four hundred and fifteen dollars in public funds pertaining to the appropriation for the continuation of the investigations of the mineral resources of Alaska, fiscal years nineteen hundred anil ten anil nineteen hundred and eleven, lost while engaged in the lawful discharge of his official work on the twenty-second day of July, nineteen hundred anil ten, in crossing the Kogoluktuk River, a tributary of the Kubuk, in northern Alaska, through no fault or negligence on the part of said Philip S.
Smith. 1310 MERIDIAN HILL PARK.Meridian Hill Park, D.C. Condemnation of land Condemnation expenses.for park purposes in the District of Columbia included between Euclid Street, Columbia Avenue or Fifteenth Street, W Street or Florida Avenue, and Sixteenth Street extended, in Hall and Elvan’s subdivision of Meridian Hill: To enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry into effect the provisions of section *Ante,* p. 700.thirty-six of an Act of Congress entitled “An Act to increase the limit of cost of certain public buildings, to authorize the enlargement, extension, remodeling, or improvement of certain public buildings, to authorize the erection and completion of public buildings, to authorize the purchase of sites for public buildings, and for other purposes,” four hundred and ninety thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary ; one-half of which sum, or so much thereof as may be expended, shall be reimbursed to the Treasury of the United States, as required in said section thirty-six, out of the revenues of the District of Columbia, in four equal annual installments, beginning with the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, with interest at the rate of three per centum per annum upon the deferred payments.
ARMY AND NAVY PENSIONS.Army and Navy pensions. Army and Navy pensions as follows: For invalids, widows, and minor children, and dependent relatives, Invalid, etc., pensions.Army nurses, and all other pensioners who are now borne on the rolls or who may hereafter be placed thereon under the provisions of any and all Acts of Congress: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the appropriation aforesaid for Navy pensions shall be paid from the income of the Navy pension fundNavy from naval fund., so far as the same shall be sufficient for that purpose: *And provided further,*That the amount expended under each of the above items shall be accountedAccounting.for separately, two million five hundred thousand dollars.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Department of Justice. For stationeryStationery.for the department and its several bureaus, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten, fifteen dollars and sixteen cents. For miscellaneousMiscellaneous.expenditures, including telegraphing, fuel, lights, foreign postage, labor, repairs of buildings, care of grounds, books of reference, periodicals, typewriters and exchange of same, and other necessaries directly ordered by the Attorney General, two thousand dollars.
For furniture Furniture, etc.and repairs, including carpets, file holders, and cases, one thousand dollars. For rent of additional quarters for the Department of Justice Rent of additional quarters.for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, five thousand five hundred dollars. For continuing the construction at the Court of Appeals Court of appeals, D. C.Building, including the extension of steam heating system to connect with the steam heating Heating, etc.system of the Interior Department plant, six thousand six hundred and seventeen dollars, to be immediately available.
MISCELLANEOUS, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.Miscellaneous. Incidental expenses, Territory of AlaskaAlaska.: For furniture, fuel, books, stationery, and other incidental expensesIncidental expenses.for the offices of the marshals and attorneys for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, fifteen dollars and sixty-two cents. Payment for legal services: For payment to Goulder, Holding, and Masten Goulder, Holding, and Masten.for legal servicesLegal services.rendered in behalf of the United States in1311the matter of the claim for damage to merchandise belonging to the United States, destroyed on the steamer Conestoga, nine hundred and forty dollars.
Detection and prosecution of crimes: For the detection and prosecution of crimesProsecution of crimes.against the United States, the investigation of the official acts, records, and accounts of marshals, attorneys, clerks, and referees of the United States courts and the Territorial courts, and United States commissioners, for which purpose all the official papers, records, and dockets of said officers, without exception, shall be examined by the agents of the Attorney General at any time; for the protection of the person of the President of the United States; for such other investigations regarding official matters under the control of the Department of Justice as may be directed by the Attorney General; to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, forty-five thousand dollars.
Payment to estate of W. K. Kimball: For payment to the estate of W. K. KimballW. K. Kimball., late United States marshal for the district of Maine, the amount found due the late marshal Payment to estate of.as per first auditor’s certificate numbered fifteen thousand three hundred and twenty-six, dated June nineteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and admitted and certified by the first comptroller June twentieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eighty dollars and eighty cents.
Repairs to courthouse, Fairbanks, AlaskaFairbanks. Alaska.: For repairs and replacements necessary to cover the loss incident to the recent fire in the courthouseCourthouse repairs.at Fairbanks, Alaska, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, four thousand dollars. JUDICIAL.Judicial. For the purchase of law books and rebinding law books Law books, circuit courts of appeals.for the nine libraries of the United States circuit courts of appeals, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General upon the requisition of the court (all books purchased hereunder to be plainly marked “The property of the United States”) for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, two hundred and forty-eight dollars.
EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES COURTS.United States courts. For salaries of United States district attorneysDistrict attorneys.and expenses of United States district attorneys and their regular assistants for fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, thirteen thousand dollars. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, sixty dollars. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred and fourteen dollars and sixty-five cents. For fees of clerksClerks’ fees., fifteen thousand dollars.
For fees of witnesses Witness fees.and for payment of the actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section eight hundred and fifty. Revised Statutes, seventy-five thousand dollars. For payment of such miscellaneous expensesMiscellaneous expenses.as may be authorized by the Attorney General for the United States courts and their officers for fiscal years as follows: For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, fifty thousand dollars. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight, seven hundred and sixty-one dollars and sixty-two cents.
For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seven, one hundred and ninety-seven dollars and seventy cents. For the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four, six dollars. 1312 For suppliesSupplies.for the United States courts and judicial officers, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and six, fifty-four cents. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.Department of Agriculture. General expenses, Forest ServiceForest Service.: To supply a deficiency in the appropriation “General expenses, Forest Service,” General expenses.including each and every object authorized by law and specified in the appropriation of four million six hundred and seventy-two thousand nine hundred dollars under this title in the “Act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven,” approved May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, nine hundred thousand dollars.
Enforcement of the insecticide ActInsecticide act.: To enable the Secretary of Agriculture during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven to carry into effectExpenses of enforcing.the provisions of the Act of April twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and ten, entitled “An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded Paris greens, *Ante,* p. 331.lead arsenates, and other insecticides, and also fungicides, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes,” in the city of Washington and elsewhere, including chemical apparatus, chemicals and supplies, repairs to apparatus, rent, gas, electric current, official traveling expenses, telegraph and telephone service, express and freight charges, and all other expenses, employing such assistants, clerks, and other persons as may be considered necessary for the purposes named, thirty-five thousand dollars.
Fires in national forests.For the payment of all necessary expenses involved in the interment of the bodies of men who were killed while in the employmentExpenses of burials, relief, etc.of the Department of Agriculture fighting fires on the national forests prior to December first, nineteen hundred and ten, and for the relief of their dependent relatives, also for the hospital services and medical attendance of the injured men; this appropriation to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, and all payments therefrom to be made by the Secretary of the Treasury upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and to bo supported by evidence satisfactory to both of them, fifteen thousand dollars.
To reimburse temporary employees of the Forest Service for the value of the time lost Reimbursing employees for loss of time.from their usual employment by reason of injuries sustained white fighting fires on the national forests, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars. To reimburse the owners for the value of horses and horse equipmentReimbursement for horses, etc.destroyed while being used by Government employees in fighting fires while on the national forests, two thousand seven hundred and forty-two dollars and ninety cents.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR.Department of Commerce and Labor. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION.Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization. Expenses of regulating immigrationImmigration expenses.: For the payment to State institutionsPayment to State institutions.for the treatment of aliens deported on or prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, under the provisions of section twenty of the ActVol. 34. p. 904.of February twentieth, nineteen hundred and seven (Thirtvfourth Statutes, page nine hundred and four), which provides:
“That any alien who shall enter the United States in violation of law, and such as become public charges from causes existing prior to landing, shall, upon the warrant of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, be taken into custody and deported to the country whence he came at any time within three years after the date1313of his entry into the United States. Such deportation, including one-half of the entire cost of removal to the port of deportation, shall be at the expense of the contractor, procurer, or other person by whom the alien was unlawfully induced to enter the United States, or, if that can not be done, then the cost of removal to the port of deportation shall be at the expense of the immigrant fund,” thirteen thousand dollars.
For rent Rent.of pension agency Pension agency, New York, N. Y.at New York, New York, four thousand five hundred dollars. Salaries, Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization (Division of NaturalizationNaturalization division.): For the following for the balance of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, namely: Clerks, etc.One clerk of class four; two clerks of class three; three clerks of class two; three clerks of class one; three clerks, at the rate of one thousand dollars each per annum; one assistant messenger; one messenger boy, at the rate of four hundred and eighty dollars per annum; in all, five thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-seven cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary.
Additional assistants to clerks of courtsClerks of courts.in naturalization cases: For additional clerical assistance in naturalization matters Assistance in naturalization cases.for the clerks of the supreme court for Kings County, New York, and the supreme court for New York County, New York, Kings County and New York County, N. Y.in addition to the available one-half of the naturalization fees for clerical assistance in such matters during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, two thousand eight hundred and sixty-one dollars.
Relief of William L. SoleauWilliam L. Soleau.: The accounting officers of the Treasury are authorized and directed to creditCredit in accounts.in the accounts of William L. Soleau, disbursing clerk, Department of Commerce and Labor, the sum of twenty-five dollars and thirty cents paid by him for envelopes for the official use of the Immigration Service at Ellis Island, New York, disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department because the envelopes were not bought under contract by the Postmaster General, as required by the act of January twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-five.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS.Bureau of Standards. For fuelFuel.for heat, light, and power, one thousand five hundred dollars. LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.Lighthouse Service. For the construction of a barge for the lighthouse depotBarge for depot.at Saint Joseph, Michigan, Saint Joseph, Mich.to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, seven thousand dollars. CENSUS OFFICE.Census Office. The Director of the CensusAlice V. Houghton.is hereby authorized, out of the appropriations made for the Bureau of the Census, to pay the reasonable expensesPayment of expenses.of the hospital and surgical treatment of Alice V.
Houghton, incurred by reason of the injury suffered by her at the Bureau of the Census on January thirty-first, nineteen hundred and eleven, such payment, however, not to exceed one thousand dollars: *Provided further,**Proviso.*That the Director of the Census is authorized to continue to pay the compensationPay continued.of the said Alice V. Houghton, at the rate she was receiving at the time of the accident, for a period of one year from the date thereof. 1314 COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY.Coast and Geodetic Survey.
To reimburse J. S. HillJ. S. Hill., chief of party, Coast and Geodetic Survey, for amount expended in replacing a sail skiff lost in a storm at Beaufort, North Carolina, which was rentedReimbursement.in connection with a survey by the Coast and Geodetic Survey on the North Carolina coast during February, nineteen hundred and eight, twenty dollars. OUT OF THE POSTAL REVENUES.Postal service. GREATER NEW YORK LETTER CARRIERS.Letter carriers’ claims, New York City. To pay the claimsPayment of.of Greater New York letter carriers for additional salary under section two of the Act of January third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven Vol. 24, p. 855.(Twenty-fourth Statutes, page three hundred and fifty-five), the decision of the Court of Claims and the decisions of the Auditor for the Post Office Department and Comptroller of the Treasury, being the unpaid portions chargeable to the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight and prior years, the appropriations therefor having been exhausted or carried to the surplus fund, said claims being fully set forth in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-one of the present session of Congress, seventy-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars and forty-five cents.
LEGISLATIVE. SENATE. To pay Elizabeth Phillips McEnery, widow of Honorable Samuel D. McEnerySamuel D. McEnery., late a Senator from the State of Louisiana, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Payment to widow. To pay Julia E. Daniel, widow of Honorable John W. DanielJohn W. Daniel., late a Senator from the State of Virginia, Payment to widow.seven thousand five hundred dollars. To pay Louise P. Dolliver, widow of Jonathan P. DolliverJonathan P. Dolliver., late a Senator from the State of Iowa, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Payment to widow.
To pay Frances W. Clay, widow of Honorable Alexander S. ClayAlexander S. Clay., late a Senator from the State of Georgia, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Payment to widow. To pay Hallie D. Elkins, widow of Honorable Stephen B. ElkinsStephen B. Elkins., late a Senator from the State of West Virginia, seven thousand five hundred dollarsPayment to widow.. To pay Lucy M. Hughes, widow of Honorable Charles J. HughesCharles J. Hughes., junior, late a Senator from the State of Colorado, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Payment to widow.
To pay Elizabeth A. Cleaves, widow of Thomas P. CleavesThomas P. Cleaves., late clerk to the Committee on Appropriations, a sum equal to one year’s salary, at the rate he was receiving by law at the time of his death, said sum to be considered as including funeral expenses and all other allowances, five thousand dollars.Payment to widow. To pay Robert W. FarrarRobert W. Farrar.for indexing and extra servicesServices.as clerk to the Committee on Pensions, Sixty-first Congress, third session, one thousand two hundred dollars.
To pay Dennis M. KerrDennis M. Kerr.for services as assistant clerk by detail Services.to the Committee on Pensions, Sixty-first Congress, third session, one thousand two hundred dollars. To reimburse the official reportersOfficial reporters.of the proceedings and debates of the Senate for expenses incurred duringExtra services.the third session of the Sixty-first Congress for clerk hire and other extra clerical services, four thousand seven hundred and forty dollars. 1315The Secretary of the Senate is hereby authorized and directed to payJesse G.
Perry. George P. Mundy, and Clarence E. Dawson.Jesse G. Perry, clerk to the Honorable J. M. Terrell, of Georgia, from November seventeenth to December fifth, nineteen hundred and ten; George P. Mundy, clerkClerks to Senators.to the Honorable Claude A. Swanson, of Virginia, from August first to December fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, and Clarence E. Dawson, who served as clerk to the Honorable Lafayette Young, of Iowa, from November fifteenth to December nineteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, for clerical services rendered, from the appropriations for salaries to clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven.
For compensation of the officers, clerks, messengers, and others in the service of the Senate, namely: For compensation of five clerks to SenatorsClerks to Senators.who are not chairmen of committees, from March fourth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, at two thousand dollars per annum, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; For compensation of five clerks to Senators who are not chairmen of committees, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, at two thousand dollars per annum, ten thousand dollars.
For ten stenographersStenographers to Senators.to Senators who are not chairmen of committees, at one thousand two hundred dollars each per annum, from March fourth to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, three thousand nine hundred dollars, and from July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, twelve thousand dollars; in all, fifteen thousand nine hundred dollars. To pay J. H. JonesJ. H. Jones. Services.for extra services for the third session of the Sixty-first Congress in the care of the Senate chronometer and for the work in connection therewith, one hundred dollars.
To pay Charles H. McGurrinCharles H. McGurrin.balance due him for copies of testimony furnished by order of the chairman of the Committee on Privileges and Elections to members of subcommitteeServices.making investigation of charges against William Lorimer, a Senator from the State of Illinois, thirty-one thousand two hundred and fifty-five folios, at five cents per folio, one thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy-five cents, to be immediately available. For the expenses of the commission to investigate the matter of employer’s liabilityCommission on Employer’s liability, etc.
Expenses.and workman’s compensation, created under joint resolution adopted June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, * Ante,* p. 884.the sum of ten thousand dollars in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated ; all moneys appropriated for the purposes of said commission to be paid out on the audit and order of the chairman or acting chairman of said commission, Approval of accounts.which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon all departments as to the correctness of the accounts of such commission; the time in which said commission shall be required to reportReport.through the President to Congress being hereby extended to the first day of January, nineteen hundred and twelve.
To pay Louis C. DrapeauLouis C. Drapeau.for stenographic services in reportingReporting.hearings before the Committee on Industrial Expositions and the Committee on Conservation of National Resources, seventy-nine printed pages, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per page, ninety- eight dollars and seventy-five cents. To pay K. F. LawlerK. F. Lawler.for services Services.rendered to the Committee on Privileges and Elections making investigation of the charges against William Lorimer, involving his right to retain his seat in the Senate of the United States as a Senator from the State of Illinois, one thousand dollars.
To pay Joseph S. McCoyJoseph S. McCoy and James M. Baker.and James M. Baker on account of additional services renderedServices.and expenses incurred in preparing data and statistics for the Select Committee on Wages and the Prices of Com1316modifies, authorized by Senate resolution February ninth, nineteen hundred and ten, one thousand dollars each. To pay to the employees of the Senate Office BuildingSenate Office Building.now carried on the maintenance roll of the Senate Office Building, for extra services Pay to employees for extra services.during the third session of the Sixty-first Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensation now paid them, the same to be immediately available.
To pay Harry B. StraightHarry B. Straight.for extra clerical servicesServices.in connection with the preparation of the omnibus claims bill, five hundred and forty dollars. To pay F. H. WakefieldF. H. Wakefield.one thousand five hundred dollars for preparing the history of legislationHistory of legislation, etc.for the Senate in the Sixty-first Congress and for extra services in carrying out his tracing and notification plan to the Members of the Senate and clerks of committees heretofore and hereafter to be rendered.
To pay Leonard UnderwoodLeonard Underwood., for extra servicesServices.as clerk to the Committee on Enrolled Bills, three hundred dollars. For additional amount to pay the assistant clerkAssistant clerk.to the Committee on Cuban RelationsCommittee on Cuban Relations.a salary of one thousand eight hundred dollars for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, three hundred and sixty dollars. To pay Edward T. ClarkEdward T. Clark.for extra servicesServices.as secretary of the Select Committee on Wages and Prices of Commodities, six hundred dollars.
For the CapitolCapitol.: For additional amount for repairs, improvements, and equipment to the Senate kitchensSenate kitchens,etc.and restaurants in the Capitol Building, including personal and other services, to be expended by the Superintendent of the Capitol Building and Grounds under the supervision of the Committee on Rules, United States Senate, eighteen thousand dollars. To pay Richard A. ShawRichard A. Shaw.for special servicesServices.to the Senate, one thou- sand two hundred and fifty dollars.
The unexpended balance of the appropriation for repairs of the Maltby BuildingMaltby Building, repairs.for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven is hereby made available for use during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve. To pay O. B. KilbournO. B. Kilbourn. Services., for services as stenographer to subcommittee of the Committee on the District of Columbia in connection with the compilation and classification of the insurance laws of the several States, five hundred dollars.
To pay to R. W. ThompsonR. W. Thompson., for expert services Services.in the compilation and classification of the insurance laws of the several States for the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, two thousand dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay to Otto C. Strom and Warren J. DavisOtto C. Strom and Warren J. Davis., clerks to Senators, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensationCompensation.paid such clerks by law. To pay the financial clerkFinancial clerk.of the Senate for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve four hundred dollars in addition to the salaryAdditional pay.he is now receiving.
To pay John II. WalkerJohn H. Walker. Sendees., clerk to the Committee on the District of Columbia, for extra services rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, five hundred dollars. To enable the Secretary of the Senate to pay Francis B. LloydFrancis B. Lloyd. Extra pay., employed in connection with the Senate Oilice Building, for extra services during the third session of the Sixty-first Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the rate of compensation he now receives. For additional amount to pay Julian M.
BrownJulian M. Brown. Additional pay., mail carrier in the Senate Office Building, a salary at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per annum, for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eleven, four hundred and eighty dollars. 1317 To enable the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives to pay to the officers and employeesExtra month's pay to congressional employees.of the Senate and House borne on the annual arid session rolls on the first day of February, nineteen hundred and eleven, including the Capitol police, the official reporters of the Senate and House, and W.
A. Smith, Congressional Record clerk, for extra services during the third session of the Sixty-first Congress, a sum equal to one month’s pay at the compensation then paid them by law, the same to be immediately available. For additional amount for the expenses of the joint commissionCommission on bonding charges.created by the urgent deficiency appropriation Act approved August fifth, nineteen hundred and nine, *Ante,* p. 126.to inquire into rates of premium for bonds of officers or employees of the United States, including all necessary expert, clerical, and other personal services, two thousand dollars.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.House of Representatives. To pay the widow of W. P. BrowidowW. P. Brownlow., late a Representative from the State of Tennessee, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to widow. To pay the widow of S. L. GilmoreS. L. Gilmore., late a Representative from the State of Louisiana, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to widow. To pay the widow of C. Q. TirrellC. Q. Tirrell., late a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to widow.
To pay the widow of W. W. FoulkrodW. W. Foulkrod., late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to widow. To pay the widow of Joel CookJoel Cook., late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to widow. To pay the legal heirs of Amos L. AllenAmos L. Allen., late a Representative from the State of Maine, seven thousand five hundred dollars.Pay to legal heirs. For allowance to the following contestants and contestées for expenses incurred in contested-electionContested election expenses.cases as authorized and recommended by the Committees on Elections:
To Henry C. WarmouthHenry C. Warmouth., one thousand six hundred and eighty- five dollars and twenty cents; To Joseph F. O’ConnellJoseph F. O’Connell., two thousand dollars; To J. Mitchell GalvinJ. Mitchell Galvin., two thousand dollars; To Albert EstopinalAlbert Estopinal., two thousand dollars; To John A. Smith, John A. Smith. one thousand two hundred and sixty-two dollars; To Edwin Yates WebbEdwin Yates Webb., one thousand four hundred and forty-one dollars and sixty-four cents;
To John M. ParsonsJohn M. Parsons., two thousand dollars; To Edwin W. SaundersEdwin W. Saunders., two thousand dollars; In all, fourteen thousand three hundred and eighty-eight dollars and eighty-four cents. For miscellaneous itemsMiscellaneous items, etc.and expenses of special and select committees, exclusive of salaries and labor, unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, twenty thousand dollars. For fuel and oilFuel and oil.for the heating apparatus, five thousand dollars.
For expert, clerical, and stenographic services, Expert, etc., services.to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House on vouchers approved by Representative Oscar W. Underwood, and to continue available “during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, seven thousand five hundred dollars. Printing and bindingPrinting and binding on tariff matters.may be done, in matters pertaining to the tariff, at the Government Printing Office until January first, nineteen hundred and twelve, on the requisition of Representative Oscar W.
Underwood. To reimburse the official reporters of debatesOfficial reporters and stenographers.and the stenographers to committees on the rolls onExtra services.February twenty-second, nineteen hundred and eleven, for moneys actually expended by them for1318clerical assistance and for extra clerical services during the third session of the Sixty-first Congress, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; to Mrs. Elizabeth Welch, widow of A. C. WelchA. C. Welch., five hundred dollars; and to John J.
Cameron, two hundred and forty dollars; in all, seven thousand four hundred and ninety dollars.Pay to widow of. To continue the employment of seven messengers, at one hundred dollars per month each, in the post officePost office.of the House of Representatives, from March fourth until December first, Messengers.inclusive, nineteen hundred and eleven, six thousand two hundred and thirty dollars. For indexing and typewriting servicesLaws relating to House employees, etc., at seventy-five dollars per month from March fourth, nineteen hundred and eleven, to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, to continue the compilation Compiling.of laws, and so forth, relating to the employees, duties, and compensation of employees of the House of Representatives and matter pertaining to the disbursement of the contingent fund authorized by resolution of March tenth, nineteen hundred and ten, one thousand four hundred dollars.
For folding speechesFolding speeches, etc.and pamphlets, at a rate not exceeding one dollar per thousand, to continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and twelve, two thousand dollars. Hereafter the payments made from the contingent fundContingent fund.of the House of Representatives upon vouchers approved by the Committee on Accounts shall be deemed, held, and taken, and Approval of vouchers by Committee on Accounts, conclusive.are hereby declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.
To pay Robert W. DyerRobert W. Dyer., clerk to the Committee on the Public Lands, additional compensationAdditional pay., five hundred dollars. To pay George JennisonGeorge Jennison., special messenger, as additional compensationAdditional pay., two hundred dollars. To pay R. B. HortonR. B. Horton., for services renderedServices.the Committee on Insular Affairs, two hundred and fifty dollars. To pay M. C. ShieldM.C. Shield.additional compensation for servicesServices.during the Sixty-first Congress, six hundred dollars.
To pay Fred P. FellowsFred P. Fellows.for extra services Services.rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, six hundred dollars. To pay George B. Serenbetz, J. B. Holloway, and Marie G. PotterGeorge B. Serenbetz, J. B. Holloway, and Marie G. Pottersix hundred dollars each, additional compensation for services Services.rendered the Committee on War Claims and the Committee on Claims, respectively, one thousand eight hundred dollars. To pay James A. Gassaway for servicesJames A.
Gassaway. Services.as a laborer in the offices of the Chief Clerk, the disbursing clerk, and in the stationery room from August sixth to December sixth, nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and fifty dollars. To pay Joseph B. SparksJoseph B. Sparks.for extra services renderedServices.during the Sixty-first Congress, eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents. To pay E. R. ErnstE. R. Ernst.additional compensation for extra servicesServices.rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, two hundred dollars.
To pay Edwin L. WilliamsEdwin L. Williams.for extra servicesServices.rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, five hundred dollars. To pay W. S. ToppingW. S. Topping.for extra services Services.rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, five hundred dollars. To pay Florence A. Donnelley Florence A. Donnelley.for extra services rendered duringServices.the Sixty-first Congress, six hundred dollars. To pay George F. EbersGeorge F. Ebers.for extra servicesServices.rendered during the Sixtynrst Congress, two hundred and fifty dollars.
For compensation at the rate of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum each for the services of Marshall Pickering and Charles L. WilliamsMarshall Pickering and Charles L. Williams., respectively, as special messengers in the majorityServices.and minority caucus rooms. 1319 To pay Dio W. DunhamDio W. Dunham.for extra servicesServices.rendered during the Sixty-first Congress, three hundred dollars. To pay N. T. HynsonN. T. Hynson., clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, additional compensationAdditional pay., five hundred dollars.
To pay W. H. EsteyW.H. Estey., cashier in the office of the Sergeant at Arms, Services.eight hundred and fifty dollars. To pay J. C. StewartJ. C. Stewart.for caring for and regulating the House chronometerServices., one hundred dollars. To pay Edward S. GlavisEdward S. Glavis., clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, additional compensationAdditional pay., five hundred dollars. To pay Charles S. GreenwoodCharles S. Greenwood., clerk to the Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, additional compensationAdditional pay., five hundred dollars.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.Government Printing Office. For payment to Samuel Robinson, William Madden, and Joseph De Fontes, Samuel Robinson, William Madden, and Joseph De Fontes.as messengers on night duty during the third session of the present Congress, for extra services, seven hundred dollars each; in all, two thousand one hundred dollars. JUDGMENTS, UNITED STATES COURTS.Judgments, United States Courts. For paymentPayment.of the final judgments and decrees, including costs of suit, which have been rendered under the provisions of the Vol. 24, p. 505.Act of March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, entitled “An Act to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States,” certified to Congress at its present session by the Attorney General in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and twentyseven, and which have not been appealed, fourteen thousand nine hundred and twenty-six dollars and fifty-nine cents, together with such additional sum as may be necessary to pay interest on the respective judgments at the rate of four per centum per annum from the date thereof until the time this appropriation is made: *Provided,**Proviso.*That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appealAppeal.shall have expired.
JUDGMENTS, COURT OF CLAIMS.Judgments, Court of Claims. For the paymentPayment.of the judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, reported to Congress at its present session in House Documents Numbered Eleven hundred and thirty-two, Thirteen hundred and seventy-three, and Senate Document Numbered Eight hundred and fifty-one, namely: Under War Department, Classification.twenty-five thousand five hundred and sixty-two dollars and eighty-five cents; Under Navy Department, two hundred and twenty-nine thousand two hundred and nine dollars and eighty-nine cents;
Under Post Office Department, four thousand three hundred and ten dollars and fourteen cents; Under Department of Justice, seven hundred and sixty-five dollars; Under Department of Commerce and Labor, four thousand eight hundred and forty dollars; Under Department of Agriculture, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; in all, two hundred and sixty-four thousand eight hundred and twelve dollars and eighty-eight cents: *Provided,**Proviso.*That none of the judgments herein provided for shall be paid until the right of appealAppeal.shall have expired. 1320 JUDGMENTS IN INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.Judgments, Indian depredation claims.
For paymentPayment.of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims in Indian depredation cases, certified to Congress in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and seventy-one and Senate Document Numbered Eight hundred and fifty, at its present session, thirty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty-nine dollars; said judgments to be paid after the deductions required to be made under the provisions of section six of the Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled “An Act to provide for the adjustment and payment of claims arising from Indian depredations,” Deductions.shall have been ascertained and duly certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury, which certification shall be made as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, Vol. 26. p. 853.and such deductions shall be made according to the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the educational and other necessary requirements of the tribe or tribes affected; and the amounts paid shall be reimbursedReimbursement.to the United States at such times and in such proportions as the Secretary of the Interior may decide to be for the interests of the Indian Service: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no one of said judgments provided in this paragraph shall be paid until the Attorney General shall have certifiedAppeal.to the Secretary of the Treasury that there exists no grounds sufficient, in his opinion, to support a motion for a new trial or an appeal of said cause.
Sec.2.That for the payment of the following claims, certified Claims certified by accounting officers.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 the Act of June twentiethVol. 18, p. 110., eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service of the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight and prior years, unless otherwise stated, and which have been certified to Congress under section two of the Vol. 23. p. 254.Act of July seventh, eighteen hundred and eighty- four, as fully set forth in House Document Numbered Thirteen hundred and sixty-eight, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows:
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, horses, wagons, and so forth, nineteen hundred and ten, seventeen dollars and eighty- three cents. For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventeen cents. For furniture and repairs of same for public buildings, four dollars and fifty cents. For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, two hundred and sixteen dollars and ninety-seven cents.
For heating apparatus for public buildings, one dollar and seventy cents. For repairs and preservation of public buildings, sixty cents. For Public Health and Marine-Hospital Service, twenty-two dollars and seventy-five cents. For Quarantine Service, six hundred and forty-nine dollars and seventy cents. For collecting the revenue from customs, one dollar and sixty-three cents. For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Service, eighty-one dollars and thirty-seven cents. 1321 For Life-Saving Service, three thousand and ninety-two dollars and sixteen cents.
For refund of duties on anthracite coal, Vol. 35, p. 590.Act February first, nineteen hundred and nine, seven thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and forty-two cents. For punishment for violation of internal-revenue laws, one thousand and sixty dollars. For redemption of stamps, five thousand one hundred and seventy- two dollars and two cents. For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, one hundred and eighty-three thousand two hundred and fifteen dollars and fifty-two cents.
For refunding taxes illegally collected, four hundred and sixty-two dollars and ninety-seven cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department. For pay, andso forth, of the Army, two hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-nine dollars and fifty cents. For Signal Service of the Army, one hundred and forty dollars. For encampment and maneuvers, Organized Militia, nine hundred and twenty-three dollars and eighty-three cents.
For subsistence of the Army, three hundred and thirty-nine dollars and eighty cents. For regular supplies, Quartermaster’s Department, three thousand nine hundred and ninety-three dollars and eleven cents. For incidental expenses, Quartermaster’s Department, twenty-one dollars and seven cents. For barracks and quarters, nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-three cents. For transportation of the Army and its supplies, ninety-six thousand nine hundred and forty-three dollars and thirty-five cents.
For clothing, and camp and garrison equipage, eighteen dollars and sixty cents. For Medical and Hospital Department, twelve dollars. For Engineer School, Washington, District of Columbia, two hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-two cents. For manufacture of arms, eight dollars and fifty-six cents. For national cemeteries, seventy dollars and ninety-seven cents. For headstones for graves of soldiers, forty-three dollars and twenty-six cents. For bringing home remains of officers and soldiers who die abroad, ninety dollars and ninety-eight cents.
For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Northwestern Branch, six dollars and eighty-seven cents. For National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville Branch, eleven dollars and fifty-five cents. For refunding to States (New York) expenses incurred in raising volunteers, seven thousand two hundred and six dollars and fiftyseven cents. For relief of the State of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania., Act December thirteenth, nineteen hundred and ten, *Post,* p. 1879.forty-one thousand eight hundred and ninety dollars and seventy-one cents. 1322 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department. For pay of the Navy, three thousand one hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-two cents. For pay, miscellaneous, seven hundred and eighty-two dollars and sixty-one cents. For pay, Marine Corps, one thousand one hundred and ninety-nine dollars and seventy-two cents. For contingent, Marine Corps, three hundred and thirty-seven dollars and sixty-seven cents. For transportation, Bureau of Navigation, two thousand three hundred and ninety-five dollars and seventy-three cents.
For recruiting, Bureau of Navigation, seventeen dollars and fifty- five cents. For gunnery exercises, Bureau of Navigation, thirty dollars and thirty-four cents. For outfits on first enlistment, Bureau of Navigation, seventy-five dollars and sixty-nine cents. For maintenance of naval auxiliaries, Bureau of Navigation, forty- four dollars and thirty-three cents. For ordnance and ordnance stores. Bureau of Ordnance, four hundred and seventeen dollars and thirty-five cents. For torpedo station, Bureau of Ordnance, three hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-five cents.
For equipment of vessels, Bureau of Equipment, two hundred and six dollars and thirty cents. For coal and transportation, Bureau of Equipment, one hundred and ten dollars. For contingent, Bureau of Equipment, twelve dollars and ten cents. For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, seven thousand and sixty dollars and fifty-two cents. For contingent, Bureau of Yards and Docks, two hundred dollars and fifty-four cents. For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, three hundred and three dollars and twenty-eight cents.
For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, five thousand six hundred and ninety-eight dollars and seven cents. For contingent, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, eight dollars and sixty-one cents. For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, four thousand one hundred and forty-two dollars and twenty-five cents. For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, eight hundred and twenty-one dollars and eighty-nine cents. For indemnity for lost clothing, sixty dollars.
For indemnity for lost property, naval service, Vol. 28, p. 962.Act March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, nine hundred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents. For enlistment bounties to seamen, one hundred and seventy-five dollars and thirty-three cents. For bounty for destruction of enemy’s vessels, nine dollars and six cents. For emergency fund, Navy Department, fifteen dollars and twentyseven cents. 1323 CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department. For traveling expenses of inspectora, Department of the Interior, nineteen hundred and ten, thirty dollars and fifty-five cents. For contingent expenses, Department of the Interior, sixty-six dollars and thirty-five cents. For expenses of inspectora, General Land Office, six dollars. For distributing documents, Bureau of Education, nineteen hundred and nine, twelve dollars and forty-four cents. For repaira, Government Hospital for the Insane, nineteen hundred and ten, eight hundred and one dollars and thirty-eight cents.
For Howard University, nineteen hundred and ten, thirty-five dollars and thirty-seven cents. For education of natives of Alaska, two hundred and forty-three dollars and twenty-seven cents. For contingent expenses, office of surveyor general of Arizona, nineteen hundred and ten, two dollars and five cents. For contingent expenses of land offices, nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and fifty-two dollars and seventy-three cents. For contingent expenses of land offices, six dollars and fifty-two cents.
For expenses of hearings in land entries, nineteen hundred and nine, five hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-five cents. For protecting public lands, timber, and so forth, eighty-three dollars and thirty-three cents. For surveying the public lands, twenty-seven thousand five hundred and fifty-five dollars and thirty-three cents. For geological survey, sixty-nine dollars and sixty-five cents. For suppressing liquor traffic among Indians, nineteen hundred and ten, forty-nine dollars and seventy-five cents.
For preventing the spread of trachoma among Indians, three hundred and three dollars and thirty cents. For Indian school buildings, one dollar and twenty-six cents. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and ten, twenty-two thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars and sixty-one cents. For telegraphing, transportation, and so forth, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and nine, three thousand three hundred and two dollars and twenty-six cents.
For transportation of Indian supplies, one hundred and seven dollars and eighteen cents. For contingencies, Indian Department, forty-nine dollars and fortyeight cents. For Indian school, Riverside, California, water system, eighty- three dollars and eighty-six cents. For funeral and transportation expenses of certain Bois Fort Indians, Minnesota, seven cents. For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, two hundred and thirty-six dollars and one cent.
For support of confederated bands of Utes, employees, and so forth, Utah, thirty-four dollars. For support of Nez Perces, Joseph’s band, Washington, nineteen hundred and eleven, one hundred and forty-five dollars and thirty- nine cents. For support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, nineteen hundred and ten, one hundred and twenty-five dollars and twentyseven cents. 1324 For Indian School, Shoshone Reservation, Wyoming, nineteen hundred and ten, two hundred and thirty-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.
For support of Shoshones in Wyoming, nineteen hundred and ten, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and nineteen cents. For Army pensions, eighty-four dollars. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc.. Departments. For public printing and binding, thirty-six dolíais. For contingent expenses, Library of Congress, eight dollars and twelve cents. For salaries, secretaries of embassies and legations, one dollar and twenty-one cents.
For transportation of diplomatic and consular officers, nineteen hundred and nine, eight hundred and fifty-one dollarsand thirty cents. For contingent expenses, foreign missions, five hundred and twenty-five dollarsand thirty cents. For salaries, Consular Service, seventy-seven dollarsand seventyeight cents. For allowance for clerks at consulates, sixty cents. For contingent expenses, United States consulates, thirty cents. For eradicating cattle ticks, Bureau of Animal Industry, twelve dollars and two cents.
For general expenses, Bureau of Plant Industry, six dollars and twelve cents. For purchase and distribution of valuable seeds, five hundred and seventy-eight dollars and fifteen cents. For botanical investigations and experiments, ninety cents. For cotton-boll weevil investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry, twenty-three dollars and forty-four cents. For general expenses, Forest Service, two hundred and eighty-eight dollars and ninety-six cents. For administration, and so forth, of the national forests, thirty- three dolíais.
For laboratory, Department of Agriculture, seventy-six dollar sand ninety-two cents. For experiments in the manufacture of sugar, five dollars. For publications, Department of Agriculture, forty-five cents. For collecting agricultural statistics, two dollars and eighty-five cents. For general expenses, Weather Bureau, forty-one dollarsand sixty- four cents. For enforcement of the Chinese-exclusion Act, one hundred and fifty-five dollars. For naturalization of aliens, fifty-six cents.
For general expenses, Coast and Geodetic Survey, eight dollars and twenty cents. For supplies of fight houses, five hundred and forty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents. For expenses of buoyage, fifty-eight dollars and one cent. For expenses of light vessels, four dollars and sixty-five cents. For lighting of rivers, forty-one cents. For miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Fisheries, twenty-six dollars and forty-eight cents. For salaries, fees, and expenses of marshals, United States courts, seventy-six dollars and fifty cents.
For fees of clerks, Uniteci States courts, nineteen hundred and ten, five thousand five hundred and eighteen dollars and fourteen cents. 1325 For fees of commissioners, United States courts, five hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For fees of witnesses, United States courts, forty-six dollars and eighty-five cents. For support of prisoners, United States courts, eight hundred and sixty-one dollars and seventy-five cents. For supplies for United States courts, five dollars and four cents.
For miscellaneous expenses, United States courts, two hundred and forty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Post Office Department. For inland mail transportation: Star, two hundred and fifteen dollars and forty-seven cents; mail messenger, four dollars and twelve cents; railroad, two thousand two hundred and forty-seven dollars and ninety cents. For payment of rewards, one thousand two hundred dollars.
For Rural Free-Delivery Service, one hundred and four dollars and fifty-eight cents. For shipment of supplies, one dollar and seventy-one cents. For indemnities for losses by registered mail, two hundred and fifty-seven dollars and twelve cents. For indemnities for losses by registered mail, international, one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and twelve cents. For compensation to postmasters, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and fifty-eight cents. For Special-Delivery Service, fees to messengers, two dollars.
For clerk hire, first and second class offices, one hundred and nineteen dollars and forty-five cents. For clerk hire, third-class post offices, seventy-two dollars. For rent, light, and fuel, one hundred and eight dollars. For canceling machines, nineteen dollars and ninety-five cents. For shipment of supplies, one dollar and eight cents. For Rural Free-Delivery Service, supplies, two dollars and fifty- five cents. Sec.3.That for the payment of the following claimsAdditional claims certified by accounting officers., 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 Vol. 18, p.110.section five of the Act of June twentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and under appropriations heretofore treated as permanent, being for the service or the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eight and prior years, Vol. 23, p. 254.unless otherwise stated, 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 Senate Document Numbered Eight hundred and fifty-three, reported to Congress at its present session, there is appropriated as follows :
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Treasury Department. For contingent expenses, Treasury Department, horses, and wagons, nineteen hundred and ten, one dollar and fifty cents; For pay of assistant custodians and janitors, one dollar; For fuel, lights, and water for public buildings, thirty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents; For Quarantine Service, one hundred and ninety-five dollars and ninety-one cents; 1326For expenses of Revenue-Cutter Sendee, twenty-two dollars and fifteen cents;
For payment of judgments against internal-revenue officers, six thousand seven hundred and seven dollars and seventy-three cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE WAR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for War Department For pay of the Army, seventy-nine thousand six hundred and thirty- five dollars and two cents; For subsistence of the Army, twenty-seven dollars and forty-seven cents; For transportation of the Army and its supplies, twelve thousand eight hundred ami seventy-one dollars and seventy cents;
For headstones for graves of soldiers, four dollars and sixty-five cents; For pay of volunteers, Mexican War, two dollars and sixty-five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE NAVY DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Navy Department For pay of the Navy, five hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty- four cents; For pay, miscellaneous, fifteen dollars; For pay, Marine Corps, one hundred and sixty-one dollars and twenty-three cents; For pay, Naval Academy, one thousand and twenty-one dollars and forty-four cents;
For ordnance and ordnance stores, Bureau of Ordnance, fourteen dollars and forty cents; For torpedo station, Bureau of Ordnance, fifty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents; For maintenance, Bureau of Yards and Docks, one thousand five hundred dollars and thirty-eight cents; For provisions, Navy, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, seventy- two dollars; For freight, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, ninety-two dollars and fifty-seven cents; For steam machinery, Bureau of Steam Engineering, seven dollars and four cents;
For construction and repair, Bureau of Construction and Repair, eighty-six dollars; For indemnity for lost property, naval service, Vol. 28, p. 962.Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, sixty-eight dollars and two cents; For enlistment bounties to seamen, three hundred dolíais. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Auditor for Interior Department For contingent expenses of land offices, nineteen hundred ami nine, nine dollars and thirty-six cents;
For surveying the public lands, forty-three thousand four hundred and forty dollars; For appraisal and sale of abandoned military reservations, two hundred and thirty-five dollarsand eighteen cents; For telegraphing, transportation, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and ten, five hundred and sixty-nine dollars and eighty-six cents; For telegraphing, transportation, Indian supplies, nineteen hundred and nine, one hundred and nine dollars and seventy-four cents; 1327For incidentals in Montana, nineteen hundred and nine, four dollars and twenty cents;
For support of Sioux of different tribes, subsistence and civilization, ten dollars and twenty-seven cents; For incidentals in Utah, nineteen hundred and ten, twenty-eight dollars and two cents; For support of Chippewas of Lake Superior, Wisconsin, nineteen hundred and ten, twenty-seven dollars; For indemnity to certain Chickasaw IndiansChickasaw claims.for losses, treaty June twenty-second, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, Vol. 11, p. 611.twelve thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.
CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE STATE AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS. Claims allowed by Auditor for State, etc., Departments. For increase, Library of Congress, twenty-two dollars and fifty-four cents ; For botanical investigations and experiments, fifty cents; For general expenses, Forest Service, twenty-four dollars and thirty cents; For general expenses, Weather Bureau, two dollars and forty-four cents; For fees of clerks, United States courts, nineteen hundred and ten, two thousand four hundred and seventy-four dollars and eighty-three cents;
For prosecution of Indians in ArizonaIndians in Arizona, Vol. 28, p. 589., Act March fourth, nineteen hundred and seven, two hundred and ninety-three dollars and five cents. CLAIMS ALLOWED BY THE AUDITOR FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. Claims allowed by Audìtor for Post Office Department. For supplies, City Free Delivery Service, eight dollars and twenty cents; For Rural Free Delivery Service, incidental expenses, seven dollars and twenty-five cents; For indemnities for losses by registered mail, fifteen dollars;
For transportation of foreign mails (transportation), three hundred and two dollars and twenty-two cents. For transportation of foreign mails (indemnities for loss by registered mail, international), eleven dollars and ninety-three cents; For compensation to postmasters, thirty-two dollars and eighty- three cents. Approved, March 4, 1911.
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