The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-08

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seventy, and Tor other purposes. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and |
House of Representative Of the |
United States of America in Congress |
assembled, That the following sums |
be, and the same are hereby, appr0- |
priated, for the objects hereinafter |
expressed, for the fiscal year ending
the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred |
and seventy, VIZ: saaa
LOANS AND TREASURY NOTES.
For necessary expenses in carrying
into effect the several acts of Con-
gress authorizing loaus and the issue
OF treasury notes, one million two
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars
MISCELLANEOUS. te
For carrying out the provisions of
the act Of the thirtieth of August,
eighteen hundred and ffty-two, for
the better protection of the lives OF
passengers on vessels propelled In
whole or Ia part by steam, and Of the.
acts amendatory thereof, the following
sums, to wit: For the salaries of the
supervising and local inspectors, sew
enty-six thousand eight hundred
dollars for the travelling expenses of
the supervising inspectors, ten thou
sand dollars; for the travelling ex
penses .of'the local inspectors, fifteen
| thousand dollars: Provided, That
whenever che public interest requires
/ it any local Inspector may be allowed
| for travel in any one year a sum not
exceeding seven hundred dollars.
For the salary and travelling
expenses of a special agent Of the de
/ partment, three thousand sixhundFed
| dollars for the expenses of the meet
/ ing of the board of supervising in
spectors, including travel and neees-
sary Incidental expenses, printing OF
| manual and report, four thousand
dollars; for stationery, for furniture
OF offices and repair thereof, for repair
and transportation Of Instruments,
and for fuel and lights, fifteen thou
sand dollars. ID msa1
For expenses in detecting and
bringing to trial aud punishment per
sons engaged IN counterleitlng treas
ury notes, bonds. and other securities
of the United States, as well as the
coins Of the United States, and other
frauds upon the government, one
hundred thousand dollars. ASSN.
To meet the expenses to be incur
red IN the prosecution and collection
of claims due the United States, fif-
teen Thousand dollars, to be disbursed
under the direction Of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
i For facilitating communication be-
/ tween the Atlantic and Pacific
States by electrical telegraph, forty
thousand dollars. ssl d .
For supplying deficiency in the
fund for the relief of sick and dis
abled seamen, one hundred thousand
do lars.
For the construction Of four steam
revenue cutters, viz: one for Alaska
one one for Columbia river, Oregon
i one for Mobile, Alabama; and one
for Charleston, South Carolina, three
hundred thousand dollars: Provided
That said cutters shall not cost more
than the sum hereby appropriated
To defray the expenses of a pre-
limiuary survey of the site for the
proposed navy yard at League island
five thousand dollars. t7f
For the completion of bridge over
the Dekota river, and to locate and
survey the road from said bridge to
the Vermillion bridge, one thousand
dollars.
In connection with the late Bureau
of Freedmen and Refugees:
For Washington Asylum and Hos
pital, Washington, District of Colum.
bia, twenty FIVE thousand dollars; fol-
Richmond Asylum and Hospital
Richmond, Virginia, fifteen thousand
dollars; Yicksbnrg Asylum and Hos
pital, Vicksburg, Mississippi, ten
thousand dollars, for the present fe-
cal year; Provided, That on and after
the close. of the present fiscal year the
said asylums and hospitals shall be
discontinued.
For collection and payment oil
bounty, prize money, and other legiti-
mate claims of colored soldiers and
sailors for the fiscal year ending uue
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
cnty, and for salaries of agents and
clerks, one hundred and forty five
thousand dollars;
For rent of offices. fuel and light
twenty five thousand dollars;
For Office furniture, three thousand
dollars;
For stationery and printing. twenty
thousand dollars; Sea sTa e.se .-s.fa
For mileage and transportation o
officers and agents, eighteen Thousand
dollars;
For telegraphing and postage. tire,
thousand dollars; being In all two
hundred and fourteen thousand dol
+ lars. H rGt
For compensation of the acting
charge d'a1faires ad interim at Vene
zuela, at the rate of four Thousand
I five hundred dollars per annum frou
the first day of June last until sucl
time as a minister shall be appointed
and shall take charge ofthe legation
such sum as may be necessary.
SURVEY OF THE COAST. gal
For the survey of the Atlantic anC
Gulf coasts of the United States, in
, Guiding compensation of civilians en-
gagged 10 the work, and excluding pa,
! and emoluments of officers of tn
: army aud navy, aud petty officers anC
men of the navy employed in the work
two hundred and seventy-fVe thou
} sand dollars. e Faa
1 For continuing the survey of thu
T Pacific coast of the United States
t including compensation of civilian
engaged in the work, one hundre,
and seVent-yfive thousand dollars.
III For publishing the observation
If made in the progress of the coas
e surveyor the United States, including
= compensation of civilians employed il
e the work, two thousand dollars, tn
# publication to be made at the Govern
e ment Printing Office.
/ Fors pay and rations of engineer
IS for steamers used in the hvdrogranb
v of the coast survey, no lonceT SIM
o piled by the Navy Department ne
e act Of June twelfth, eighteen hun'dEe
II and fiity-eight, five thousand dolIars
1t For repairs and maintenance of tb
It complement of vessels used in tn
', coast survey. thirty thousand dolarI
l. NORTHERN AND NORTHWEsTERN