The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-12-24

sand five hundred dollars, or so much thereol
 as may be necessary, for the erection in the Congressional Cemetery, Of monuments in
 memory or those representatives who havn i clsd since eighteen hundred and sixty said
 monuments to be of uniform size and style
 with those already erected and this sum to be d'sbursed under lhe direction ot the Clerk ef
 tte Honse.sf Representatives., upon contracts
 made i'y him with the lowest responsible bid-
 ders there'o- after due public notice given. { Sec, , And be 1t far,her enacted That the
 mayor ot the ely of Washington, the secre-
 'ary ct the Interior, the Commissioner of Pulp iIe Buildings and Grounds, the Architect of i the Caplt0 Extension. aud their successors i, | office, together with two men to be appointed 1 oy he mayor of the citv of Ysshinst0n. bv
 and "!td the advice and consent of tha board | of aldermen ot said city, are herebvaopciDted
 8 committee 10 cause the Washington Cit7 canal, either in whole Or in part. 10 be dreda-
 so, or II deemed best, dredged and narrowed
 or arched and converted into a sewe. and for
 the purpose of making his Improvement, the corPo ate authorities of he civ ol Washinoton are hereby authorized and directed p levy and cosIecj g tax oi one hundred thou> and dollars epoH al taxable property jn said city, for oe, iraying parf oi he expenses thereof, and lhe
 snm oi lily thousand dollars Is hersby oppro,
 priated, for tbe purpose of defrayi4r in psrf
 the expenses Of the same: ard out of any
 moneys arising from the safe ofanv ieal estaie shcu!d any take place belonging 10 snid canal
 ne government shajl first be ndemni6ed for ! any mouoys bereby appropriated the ims l provements aforesaid jo be paid for it inc | rate of one~third by lhe esvernmens and two. l tairds by the city as the work progresses. and | ihe total expenditure not to exceed the | amount herein provided for
 Sec. {. Apd be it further enacted. Tbsttbe corporation of Washington shall have power to issue certificates of indebtedness not to exo in addition t0 the e bgp3red thcusand dollars aod to bear interese, bsrefotOre authorized. three-teuths per ceptQfRe t. of seven and redeem within ffga years~Eum, and to be issue The sad ceriffics tes not 10 be-dats of denom nation than fifty doijars and 10 bGlss ceiv2b5e for taxes due said corporation, 0 such amount yearly a3 said corporation may desig- 1 naie by law not, however, to exceed fifty 1 per ceutum of the amomr.due by any taxpayer, l and sad certificates shall be used for ao other 1 purpose than the payment of the ascertained 1 indeo,edaess of the cofporat!op ot Washington | to the sirh day of Jute, 1870.
 Sec :, And be it ttlther enacted, That the 1 Sergeant-at-arms Of the Senate be, and he is 1 hereby authorized and directed to purchase l two exhaust fans. one engine, exhaust pipes, and so forth, for the removal of the impure air l of the Senate chamber, anG there Is hereby 1 appropriated the sum of five thousand dollars l to purchase the same, or so much thereof as may be necessary Provided, That the inn | proyeaents b. made under the supervision 1 of the engineer Of the Senate and that l the joint committee on Ventilation be di- rectcd 10 inquire into the praciicahlity and er~ peuse of making such alterations in the Senate 1 chamber aDd the haH of the House of Repres entatives as will bring said chamber and hall to the exterior of the building.
 Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That the act approved March three, eighteen hundred and sirty-nine, making an appropriation for the completion of the custom house court l house and post-ofIiee building in Knoxville 1 East Tennessee, was intended 10 include and | revive, ard shall be deemed and held 10 in- clude and revive all former uneTpended aps | propriations for the same object.
 Sec. g. Aud oe it further enacted, That the | payment for transportation of public stores, provided fer in "A resolution for the relief of John E. ReeSl6e, passed py tde present Oon~ gress shall be made in accordance with the orders and 8eeress, of the supreme court eff the District of CoIumbia.
 Sec. 10 And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, au- thorized and required to ascertain, or cause to be ascertained, the amount of expense necessarily incurred by the territorial author ities of Montana for arms and supplies for the volunteer forces called out to suppress Indian hostilities in the Territory of Montana ia the year eighreen hundred and sixty-seven, and re- port to Congress- at the next session the names os the persons entitled to relief, together with statsment of the facts and sums upon wFice such report may be based.
 See. II. And be it further nacted, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to pay such persons as were actually employed in the insurrectionary States in connection with the Treasury Department, as officers of the United States, during the year eighteen hundred and j. sizty-fvs or eighteen hundred and siXty-siz, in