New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-14
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OFFICIAL J0ARNAl OF THE UNITeDSTA
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF NEW ORLEANS
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the Second Session of the
O. FOrty.irst Congress.
(PUBLIC-No. 1874

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preparations for the service OF the gov
ernmcnt for the fiscal years ending June
thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy
and June thirty, eighteen hundred ano
seventy one, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House OF
Representatives of the Umted states OF
America in Congress assembled, mat inc
following sums or SO much Thereon as may
be necessary be, and the same are hereby
appropriated for the objects hereinafter eX-
pressed, namely:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Office of the Attorney General: For sal
arv of the Solicitor General, seven thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For additional salary of two assistant at
torneys general, two thousand dollars.
For additional salary of solicitor of inter
nal revenue, one thousand dollars.
For salary of stenographic clerk, two
thousand dollars.
For three additional fourth class clerks
five thousand four hundred dollars.
For contingent expenses, viz: For fuel,
labor and miscellaneous items, three thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For stationery and books, one thousand
dollars
For additional contingent, because of the
transfer to the Department of Justice OF the
solicitor of internal revenue, naval solicitor
and the law office of the Department OF
State; for stationery and books one thou
sand dollars.
For the salaries of three commissioners
appointed for the revision and consolidation
Of the statutes of the United States, for one
year. at five thousand dollars EACH fifteen
Thousand dollars.
For the reasonable incidental expenses of
the commission for clerk hire, stationery
and miscellaneous items, three thousand
dollars.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
For clerks in the Office of the Chief of
Ordnance, two thousand dollars, to supply
an omission in the total amount for that Of
fee for the fiscal year ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE
CURRENCY.
For one clerk Of class four, one clerk of
class three, two clerks of class two, and
three clerks of class one, nine thousand
eight hundred dollars.
For ventilating the attic rooms in the
west wing of the Treasury Department
building, twelve thousand dollars.
For ventilating the attic rooms in the
east wing, thirteen thousand two hundred
dollars.
For annual repairs of the Treasury build
ing, fifteen thousand dollars.
For file cases, shelving for vaults,
permanent counters, desks, tables, and
other necessary fixtures, and for reno
walton Of walls and floors, for the proper
arrangement and preservation of the rec
ords and files Of the Treasury Department,
twenty-three thousand eight hundred and
twenty-five dollars and thirty-two cents.
For fitting, putting up, and casing old
vaults, for casing, and shelving, and for
bookcases for records in the Offices of the
Secretary Of the Treasury, and others, four
teen thousand and thirty-five dollars: Pro-
yided, That hereafter no alteration shall be
made, or work done upon the Treasury
building, except for ordinary repairs, eN-
cept upon authorization of and in accord
ance with specific appropriations therefor
For fuel, lights, and water for public
buildings throughout the United States, I'M
der the control Of the Treasury Department.
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For balance due on completion Of the
customhouse at Ogdensburg, New York.
seven hundred and one dollars and eighty
eight cents.
For continuing the construction of the
customhOuse building, at Charleston, South
Carolina, in accordance with the mOdi-
fed plans of the Supervising Architect
of the Treasury, as submitted in his
letter of June twenty-one, eighteen hun
dred and seventy, addressed to the
Secretary of the Treasury, one hun
dred thousand dollars: Provided, That
no further sum than two hundred and nine
ty-eight thousand eight hundred and fifty
five dollars and fOrty-six cents shall be
appropriated or expended by the govern
ment for the entire completion of said build
lug and its approaches.
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury
to purchase parcel of ground, twenty feet
by one hundred feet, adjoining and on the
east side OF the site of the United [States]
courthouse and pOstoffice building at Spring
field, Illinois, three thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
For compensation of the officers, clerks,
messengers and others receiving an annual
salary in the House of Representatives, six
thousand one hundred and six dollars and
fifty cents. And that there be appropriated
out of any money not otherwise apprO-
priated the sum of seven hundred dollars
each, to the chief, journal, assistant, dis
bursting, file, printing, petition, stationery
and engrOssing clerks of the House; and
the sum of four hundred and five dollars
per annum to the librarian in charge Of the
hall library; and the sum Of four hun
dred and five dollars per annum to the as
sistant librarian in charge of the hall
library; and the sum of three hundred and
sixty dollars per annun to the Clerk of the
Committee OF Claims; and to the reading
clerks and tally clerk, three hundred and
forty dollars each, for the thirty ninth Con-
gress, as provided for by resolutions of the
House of the first session of the said Con-
gress.
For folding documents, including mate
rails, five thousand five hundred and four
dollars and twenty seven cents.
For clerks to committees and temporary
clerks, ten thousand four hundred and sew
enty-five dollars and twenty cents.
For laborers, two thousand four hundred
and eighty three dollars and eighty cents.
For miscellaneous items to defray the ex-
penses of the Committee on Education and
Labor, incurred during their late investi-
cation, one thousand dollars.
For additional expenses of the Com
mittee ON the Ninth Census, to be added
to the contingent fund of the House, two
hundred and ten dollars. To DR.. Edward
Jarvis, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, for
services rendered to Committee on the
Ninth Census, five hundred dollars.
To pay the official reporters of the Globe
in each House the amount which the Con
trOller of the Treasurer may find severally
due them for services during the sessions of
the Forty first Congress, under the eight
zenith section of the act making appropria-
tons for sundry civil expenses OF the gov
eminent for the year ending June thirty,
eightee1f hundred and sixty-seven, and for
other purposes, approved July twenty-eight,
eighteen hundred and sixty-six.
For ceiling with iron laths under the cop
per roof of the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives, and for additional glass panels,
fiues, doors, and apparatus for improving
the lighting and ventilating Of said hall, to
be expended under the direction of the
Architect of the Capitol, fifteen thousand
dollars.
For the Senate, for the fiscal year ending
june thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy,
for miscellaneOua items two thonsand dol.