Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-24
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the SspsRh Congress Of The Thirty
Third Session.

Chapter LAAlA,-An Act making Appropriations
for sundry Civil Expenses IT the Government
for the year ending June thirty, eighteen hum
drod and sixty-four, and for the year ending the
Selthi OF JUNG, 1868, and for other purposes.
BE Il enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
SeHtoiireS Of he DRtted States ef iaericd ia Con-
ore sseplbled, That the following sums be, and
te are hereby, appropriated, for the objects
het,.o,.,., ypressed, Tor the fiscal year ending
the ttsi,N june, eighteen hundred and sixty
SUrceg QfMs Coasi.-For the survey of the At
lt 10 nai Gulf coasts OF the United states, Gn-
ci.Ntns ro1NTeusuton OF civilians engaged in the
=, 81 t.ng pay and emoluments OF oth-
ce4 OF tll t az, 4 navy and petty officers and
men " the AaV .nployod on the work, lone hun
dred ami seyeaty' eight THOUSAND dollars,
For continuing the survey OF the western coast
OF the United States, (including compensation Of
civilians engaged in the work,) one hundred thou
sand dollars, a....el.
For continuing the survey Of the Florida reefs
ana keys, (nelndlng compensation Of civilians en-
gagged IN The work, and excluding pay ana cmolu-
ments 81 officers OF the .rmy ana navy, and petty
officers and men Of the navy employed on the
work. eleven thousand dollars.
For publishing the 0 seryalions made in the
progress Of the survey If the coast OF the United
States, (neIudius compensation of civilians en-
ployed in the wOrkl four thousand dollars.
tor repairs Of steamers and sailing schooners
used IN the coast survey, four thousand dollars.
For pay and ratons OF engineers for four steam-
ers used in the photography OF the coast survey,
no Longer suQp ed'by the Navy Department, nno
thousand dollars.
For supplying deficiency in the fund for the re-
hei OF SEX ana disabled seanen, hundred
thousand dollars.
DOR the discharge Of such miscellaneous claims
not otherwise provided ior as shall be admitted in
due course Of settlement at the treasury ten thou
sand dollars.
LIGHT HOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
For he 4Aamic, Gui,f and Lake Coasts, vis.
For supplying the Light houses and beacon
hghts with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, and other
necessary expenses OF the same repairing and
Keeping IN repair the lightning apparatus one hun
dred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and
nlnety-elght dollars and eighty cents
For repairs and incidental expenses, refitting
and improving all the light houses and buildings
connected Herewith one hundred and two thou
sand two hundred dollars.
For salaries OF five hundred and ninety six
Keepers OF light houses and light beacons, and
their assistants, ffty-three thousand one hundred
and ninety-three dollars and thrty-three cents.
For salaries of forty-three keepers of light YES
sells three thousand nine hundred dollars,
For seamen's wages, repairs, supplies and in
eidental expenses of forty-fve light vessels, one
hundred and seventy thousand nine hundred and
slxty-seven dollars and seventy cents.
For expenses of raising, cleaning, painting, re-
pairing remooring, and supplying losses of bea-
cons and buoys, and for CHAINS and sinkers for
the same one hundred and twelve thousand three
hundred and fifty collars.
For expenses of visiting and inspecting lights
and other aids to navigation, two thousand dol
lars,
For the purchase OF lot and erection of
suitable bu'l5mg thereon for the light house es-
adjustment in New York city or vicinity fifty
thousand dollars: Provided, That the price of rur-
chase Of lot and erection OF building thereon shall
not exceed the sum hereby appropriated
For he Coast Of California, oregon and Wash
3lgt0n
For supplying nineteen light houses and bea-
COZ lights with oil, glass ehimneys chamois
skins, polishing powder and other cleaning mate
rails, tfansporta ion, expenses Of keeping lamps
ard machinery in repair, publishing notices to
mariners OF changes Of aids to navigation, seven
teen thousand two hundred and seventy dollars.
For repairs and incidental expenses Of II neteen
light houses and buildings connected Herewith,
ten thousand dollars.
For SALARIES Of fortythree keepers and assist
ant keepers Of light houses at an average not
exceeding eight hundred dollars per annum
twenty-five thousand eight hundred dollars
For expenses of raisng cleaning, painting, re-
pairing, remooring, and supplying losses OF float
ing buoys and beacons, and for chains and sinkers
for the same, and for coloring and numbering all
the buoys ten thousand dollars.
For maintenance OF the vessels provided for by
the act OF eighteenth August, eighteen hundred
and iitty-six tor transportation OF supplies and
materials, and for repairs of light houses, and
buoy seryice and ior inspection purposes, twenty
Thousand dollers.
For compensation of two inspectors of customs
acting as superintendent for the lfe-saying
stations on the coasts of Long Island and New
Jersey, three thousand dollars.
For compensation Of titty-tour keepers of sta
tons, at two hundred dollars each, ten thousand
eiBat HuHufeu collars.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.
For support, care and medical treatment of for
ty transient paupers medical and surgical pa
tients in some proper medical institution in the
city of Washington, to be selected by the Com
missioner of public buildings, six thousand dol
lars.
For hire of carts on the public grounds, two
thousand dollars.
For purchase and repair of tools used in the
public grounds two hundred dollars
For the purchase of trees and tree boxes, to re-
place, when necessary, such as have been planted
by the United States to white wash tree boxes and
fences, and to repair pavements in front of the
public grounds, three thousand dol ars.
For annual repairs OF the Capitol, water-closets
public stables, water pipes, payements and other
walks within the Capitol square, broken glass
and locks, and for the protection of the building
and keeping the main approaches to it unncum-
bered, eight thousand dollars
For annual rePars cf the Presidents house
and furniture, Improvement of grounds, purchase
of plants for garden, and contingent expenses in
cident thereto, six thousand dollars.
For fuel, in part OF the PRESIDENT house. two
thousand four hundred dollars.
For lighting tie Ipitol and Presidents house,
the public grounds around tAem and around the
Executive offices, and Pennsylvania avenue,
Bridge, ana High streets i'll Georgetown, Four
and-a-half street, Seventh and Twelfth streets
across the mall, sxty-two thousand dollars.
To enable the Commissioner OF Public Build
ings to erect two new furnaces under the rotunda
OF the Capitol, two uEder the Old hall of the
House, ana Two nldGI Toe supreme court room
and vestibule TO the same, i've thousand five hun
dred dollars z4..s. ~
For repairs of the Potomac Navy Yard and up
per bridges and the roads apu tenant thereto,a land
to repair the house occupied by the bridge keeper
at the Navy Yard, and to erect wing wall to pro-
teet the same, eleven thousand FIVE hundred and
eighty-iiye dollars.
For repairs of Pennsylvania avenue, six thou
sand dollars.
For pubLc.reservation number two and Lafay-
cite square, two thousand dollars.
For tasing care OF the grounds south of the
Presidents house, containing [eontinuingl the
Improvement Of the same, and replacing trees de-
stroyed last winter and spring by United States
cavalry repairing fences, and other injuries. two
Two thousand dollars.
For repairs of water pipes five hundred dollars.
For cleaning out the sewer traps on Pennsyl-
rania avenue and repairing the same, three hun
bred dollars,
For casual repairs OF all the furnaces under the
Capitol, five hundred dollars.
For continuing the repairs Of Delaware avenue
north of the Capitol, one thousand dollars.
For removing back the fence, paving the. foot
path on First rect between the Capitol grounds
and Botanic Garden, and making pavement
Third street on the side OF said garden, one thou
sand two hundred dollars.
For making improvements provided for in the
thirteenth section of the cty charter, per act of
May seventeen, eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
a md doll