The tri-weekly standard., 1867-02-21

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An Act m king Appropriations for the Lcgisla-
tive, Executive, and judicial Expenses OF the
Government for the Year ending the tirtieth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and
for other Purposes.
For compensation of the chief of the bureau of
provisions and clothing, chief clerk, and the
clerks, messenger and laborer, twenty-four thou
sand three hundred and forty dollars.
For compensation of the chief of the bureau of
medicine and surgery, assistant, and the clerks,
messenger, and laborer in his office, ten thousand
five hundred and forty dollars.
Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the Navy
Observation-Disclosures of the Secretary of the
Navy:
For stationery, labor, newspapers, periodicals,
and miscellaneous items, five thousand dollars.
Bureau of yards and docks:
For stationery, books, plans, drawings, and
incidental labor, one thousand eight hundred dol
lars.
Bureau of equipment and recruiting:
For stationery, books, and miscellaneous items,
five hundred dollars.
Bureau of navigation:
For stationery, blank books, and miscellaneous
items two thoueand four hundred dollars.
Bureau of ordnance:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, one
thousand three hundred dollars.
Bureau of construction and repair:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, one
thousand dollars.
Bureau of steam engineering:
For StatlOntry ana nlScellalleouS llelns, Two
thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of provisions and clothing:
For stationery and miscellaneous items, one
thousand five hundred dollars.
Bureau of medicine and surgery:
For black books stationery, and miscellaneous
items, eight hundred dollars.
10 defray the expenses OF Introducing water IN
the naval academy grounds and buildings at An
napolis, Maryland, nine thousand dollars.
To defray the expense of Introducing water in
to the naval academy grounds and buildings at
Annapolis, Maryland, nine thousand dollars.
For the General Purposes of the Southwest EX-
ecutive Building.-For compensation of five
watchmen and two laborers of the southwest eX-
ccutive building, four thousand seven hundred
and fiity-two dollars.
For contingent expenses of said building viz:
For labor, fuel, lights, and miscellaneous items,
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
Post Office Experimentation compensation of
the Postmast star-General three assistant postlnas-
ter-general, chief clerk, and the clerks, ines
senger, assistant messengers, watchmen, and Ia
borerS of said department, one huddred and
seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and twen
ty dollars.
For compensation of authorized additional and
for temporary clerks, thirty-seven thousand dol
lars.
Contingent Expenses of the Post Office Depart
ment.-FOr blank books, binding, and stationery,
fuel for the general post office building, including
the auditors Office OIL gas and candles, printing,
repair of the general post office building, office
furniture, glazing, painting, white-washing, and
for keeping the tireplaces and furnaces in order;
for engineer for steam engine, abOrers, watch
men, repairs offurniture, and for miscellaneous
items, forty-five thousand dollars.
Money Order Bureau.-For compensation Of
superintendent and the clerks in his office, seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
TOpOgraphcr.-F preparing and publishing
post-route maps of the United States, ten thou
sand dollars.
Department of Auriculture-For compensation
of commissioner of agriculture, chief clerk, and
the clerks and employees in this Office thirty nine
thousand six hundred dollars.
For contingencies, viz: For stationery, pur-
chase of library, laboratory, rent, and miscella-
For collecting agricultural statistics, ten thou
sand dollars.
For purchase and distribution of new and val
liable seeds, viz:
For purcha sc of cereal, vegetable, and flower
seeds, and for labor in putting up seeds, seed
bags, and miscellaneous items, sixty thousand
dollars Provided, That the commissioner of ag-
riculture shall only purchase and distribute, with
the fund herein appropriated for that purpose,
such seeds as are rare and uncommon to the coun-
try, or such as can be made more profitable by
frequent changes from one part of our own coun-
try to another.
For employees in seed-room, five thousand two
hundred dollars.
For propagation and distribution of plants cut
tin@s, and shrubs, fourteen thousand dollars:
Provided, That the propagation of plants, cut
tings, and shrubs shall be confined to such as arc
adapted TO general cultivation and to promote the
general interest of horticulture and agriculture
throughout the United States.
For experimental garden in reservation num-
Der two, eight thousand eight hundred dollars.
Mint at Philadelphia-For salerics of the lircc-
tor treasurer, assaycr, melter and refner, chief
coincr and cngraver, assistant assayer, and seven
clerks, thirty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters, one hun
dred and twenty five thousand dollars.
Enr n md 70 hn
we'd in the cabinet of the mint, six hundred dol
lars.
For freight on bullion and coin, five thousand
dollars.
Branch Mint at San Francisco, California-For
salaries OF superintendent, treasurer, assayer, mel
ter and retner, coiner, and six clerks, thirty
thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen and adjusters two hun
dred thousand dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses repairs
and wages one hundred thousand dollars.
Assay Office, New York.-For salaries of super
intendent, assayer and melter, and refiner assis-
tant assayer, officers and clerks twenty-fiv thou
sand seven hundred dollars.
For wages of workmen, forty thousand dol
lars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, thirty
five thousand dollars.
Branch Mint at Denver.-For superintendent
assayer, melter, refner, coiner, and clerks, thir
teen thousand dollars.
For wages of workmen, twenty thousand three
hundred and one dollars.
For incidental and contingent expenses, twelve
thousand dollars.
Independent Treasury-For salaries of the as
sistant treasurers of the United States at New
York, Boston, Charleston, and st. Louis, viz: for
the assistant treasurer at New York, eight thou
sand dollars those at Boston and Saint Louis,
each, five thousand dollars; and the one at Char
lesion, two thousand five hundred, twenty thou
sand five hundre dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the
mint at Philadelphia, one thousand dollars.
For additional salary of the treasurer of the
branch mint at New Orleans, five hundred dol
lars.
For additional salery of the treasursr of the
branch mint at Denver, five hundred dollars
For salaries of the clerks and messengers in the
office of assistant treasurer at Boston, twenty-five
thousand two hundred dollars: Provided That
in lieu of the clerks heretofore authorized, the
sstant treasurer of the United States at Boston is
hereby authorised to appoint, with the approba.
tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, one chief
clerk, at salary of three thousand dollars per
mum; one clerk, at salary of twenty five hun
dred dollars per annum one clerk, at salary of
two thousand dollars per annum; two clerks, at
a salary of eighteen hundred dollars per annnum
each; two clerks, at q salary of fifteen hundred
dollars per annum, each; one clerk at salary of
twelve hundred dollars per annum, each; one J
clerk, at salary of one Thousand dollars per an
mum two clerks, at salary of eight hundred
dollars per annum, each; one porter, at salary