The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-05-26
OFFICIAL.
Ldtos Passed By the Third Session of
the Fortieth C5ngress.
TPUBLrc-No. 81

AN ACT making appropriations Il
supply deficiencies in the appropri
tiOns for the service of the govern.
ment for the fiscal year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine, and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America 10 Con.
gress assembled, That the following
sums be, and they are hereby, apprO.
priated, to be paid out of any money
In the treasury not otherwise apprO-
priated, to supply deficiencies in the
appropriations for the service of the
government for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
sixty nine:
For the contingent expenses OF the
Treasury Department, and the sew
eTal bureaus, namely: For fuel, light,
gas, labor, aud contingent expenses of
the Treasury building and five other
buildings occupied by the Treasury
Department, forty thousand dollars.
Aud after the present fiscal year
there shall only be employed and paid
for labor in the Treasury building and
the five other buildings used by the
department, for lighting, cleaning,
and general care and superintendent
thereof, the following persons, to-wit:
one superintendent, at a salary of
twenty-five hundred dollars a year;
one clerk of class four and one clerk
OF class Que; one engineer In charge
OF heating apparatus, at a salary of
twelve hundred dollars a year; FIVE
fremen, at a salary of six hundred
dollars each per year: one maehinist
and gas litter, at salary of twelve
hundred dollars per year; one captain
OF the watch, at a salary of fourteen
hundred dollars per year; one store
keeper, at a salary of one thousand
dollars per year; thirty D0tchm0n,
Lwatchmen, at salary of eight hun
dred and twenty dollars each per year
thirty laborers, at salary of six hun
dred dollars each per year; seventy
women, as cleaners, at a salary of one
hundred aud eighty dollars each per
year And it is hereby provided, That no
account Tor contingent expenses at any
of the bureaus OF the Treasury De-
paTtment shall hereafter be allowed
except on the certificate of the gen.
eral superintendent of the Treasury
buildings that they are necessary and
proper, and that the prices paid are
Just aud reasonable; and the said
superintendent shall keep a iull, Just
aud accurate account in detail of all
amounts expended under the head of
contingent expenses for the several
bureaus of the Treasury Depart
ment, which shall be transmitted to
Congress by the Secretary of the
Treasury at every December session.
And the expenditure for furniture
and repairs for the same shall be
made by the said superintendent,
subject to the approval of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury; and it shall be
the duty of said superintendent to
keep a just and accurate account in
detail of all the amounts paid for the
purchase of furniture, and also for
the repairs thereof, as well as a full
statement of the disposition of the old
furniture; all of which shall be trans
mitted to Congress at every Decem-
ber session thereof by the Secretary of
the Treasury: And provided further,
That no part of the appropriations
made by this or any subsequent act
for contingent aud incidental expenses
shall be paid for clerk hire, messen-
gers or laborers.
To complete the north wing of the
treasury building and approaches, in
cluding all liabilities, one hundred
and sixty three thousand FIVE hundred
aud nine dollars and twenty cents
Provided, That no extra compensa-
ton exceeding one-eghth of one per
centum In any case shall hereafter be
allowed to any officer, person or cor
poration, for disbursing any moneys
appropriated to the construction of
any public building.
For repairs aud preservation OF
public buildings, thirty five thousand
dollars.
For necessary expenses In carrying
into effect the several acts of Con-
gress, authorizing loans and the issue
of treasury notes, fo1F hundred thou
sand dollars: Provided. That no work
shall be done In the Engraving and
Printing Bureau for private parties.
For supplying deficiency in the fund
for the relief of sick and disabled sea-
men, fifty thousand dollars.
For amount required to supply a
deficiency in the appropriation for
salary. miscellaneous. and other ex
penses OF the United States Patent
Office for the month Isl of March,
April, May aud June, eighteen hun
dred and sixty nine, two hundred
thousand dollars.
For amount required to supply de-
ficiency in the appropriation for ex-
penses of courts, FIVE hundred thou
sand dollars; and no part of this ap
preparation shall be paid to employ
and retain counsel to assist district
attorneys.
For the survey of the Atlantic
! Pacific and Gulf coasts, forty thous-
and dollars.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
To supply a deficiency In the ap-
pr ,priation for folding documents
/ Gig ty thousand dollars.
10 supply deficiency in the ap-
pr propriatiOn for laborers. nine thous-
a I'd nine hundred and seventy-ive
dollars.
To defray the expenses of the joint
Committee on Retrenchment, four
thousand dollars, or so much thereof
as may be necessary: Provided, THAI
said sum shall be drawn from the