The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-08-31

r upon examination to be Justly duo u the
10 reimburse L. NJ. Sargent money exncna.
oy hiin III CARRYING out contract with the Post
zinc Department for mail service from Lowell
sand dollars f' wv 'nou-
% enable the Secretary of the interior to in
uellllliv a. NJ Adams for losses by depradations
COMMITTED by kiowa and Comanche Indians in
e,sn.een hundred and sixty-six, tweL ty-nine
Thousand four hundred aud ninety-two 3oiiarS
and sixty two cents. WV uoiaio
!, 10 rnaoie the Secretary of the Treasury to nav
Tue claim OF Mr. Bacay saaser for depredations
committed by the Navajoe Indians in New Mex.
leo, nine thousand dollars.
For this amount, or SO much thereof ss mar,
be necessary, to pay the account of Harvey n
Scout, Ior ms per diem and mileage as commits
sioner Tor the examination of the first ten miles
OF the Minnesota Southern railroad, in eighteen
n s LUZ ana slxty.six, under the appointment
OF the Secretary of the Interior, three hundred
and sixty-four dollars and ten cents.
For this amount, or SO much thereof Ms NAV
be necessary, to pay the account OF Harvey n
scott, ior his per diem and mileage as commits.
sioner Tor the examination of the first ion n,iIs
of the Minnesota Valley railroad, in eighteen
hundred and thirty-six, under the appointment
of the Secretary of the Interior, four hundred
and thirty-four dollars and forty cents.
For this amount, or so much thereof as NAV
be necessary, to pay the account OF Pardon ii
Sibley for his per diem and mileage in attending
the session of the board of government com.
missioners, directors, and engineers assembled
by the Secretary of the Interior at Washington.
ior tne purpose oil establishing standard for
the Pacific railroad, two thousand and sixty
three dollars.
For additional pay heretofore withheld from
William syphax, to cqualze his compensation
with that OF an assistant messenger, two thou
sand ono hundred and eighty dollars.
To enable the Superintendent of the Coast
| Survey TO make observations in Europe on the
| eclipse OF the sun next December, twcntynine
| thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of State to reimburse
| the owners OF the Norwegian bark General
| Birch for the expenses incurred by them in the
rescue and care OF thirty-iour American citizens
| master and crew of the American ship Dread
nought, wrecked on Cape Penans, on the fourth
| OF July, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, three
| hundred and thirty-nine dollars, in gold
| To pay c. B. II. Fessenden for amount found
due him as collector OF the port of New Bedford,
| for commissions on lighthouse disbursements
| outside OF his district, three thousand four hun
dred and twenty-fv dollars and seventeen cents
For deiraying the expenses of the Supreme
Court and district courts of the United States,
including the District OF Columbia, and also for
jurors and witnesses, in aid of the funds arising
from fines, penalties and forieitures in the fiscal
year ending june thirty, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one, and previous years, and likewise
for defraying the expenses of suits in which the
| United States are concerned, including legal
assistance 10 the Attorney Gcnetal, and other
| special and extraordinary expenditures in cases
| of the Supreme Court OF the United States in
which the United States are concerned and of
| prosecutions Tor ofenses committed against the
United States, and for the safe keeping OF pris-
ouers, one million two hundred thousand dollars.
To secure the making of contract by the
Secretary of War with Henry X. Brown, of
Newburg New York, for bronze equestrian
statue of Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield
Scott fifteen thousand dollars, in addition to
the sum appropriated by the joint resolution for
that purpose, approved March two, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven.
For special agent to report on the trade be-
tween the United States and the dependencies of
Great Britain in North America, as provided for
by joint resolution approved June twenty-three,
eighteen hundred and seventy, four thousand
dollars.
For geographical surveys and military recon.
[slances west of the Mississippi river, one hun
dred thousand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of War to defray the
necessary expenses OF Bureau of Ordnance and
its officers, in connection with the court of in
quiry, held in eighteen hundred and sixty-e:ght,
and eighteen hundred and sixty nine, and of
which Major General George H. Thomas was
president, hve thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That no
advertisement, notice, or proposal for any exec
: utive department of the government, or for any
bureau thereof, or for any office Herewith con-
nected, shall be published in any newspaper
r whatever, except in pursuance OF written au-
thority Tor such publication from the head of
, such department: and no bill, for any such ad-
j vertisng, or publication, shall be paid, unless
there be presented, with such bill, copy OF the
G written authority aforesaid.
Sec. ). And be it fnrther enacted, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be- and he is hereby,
directed to authorize the Lighthouse Board to
properly mark all pier-heads belonging to the
government on the northern and northwestern
7 lakes, when completed or repaired, and duly no
titled Of snch completion or repairs by the de-
Z partmcnt in charge of such construction or re-
pairs; and the provision requiring that five OF the
six revenue cutters upon tht northern and north
J. western lakes be laid up is hereby repealed,
and as many OF them as the Secretary OF the
: Treasury, in his discretion, shall put in CON-
! mission, shall be specially charged with aiding
u vessels in distress on the lakes, and the Secrc-
tary of the Treasury, in his discretion, shall be
c and is authorized to sell two OF said revenue
!, cutters, now on the northern lakes, for such
consideration and under such regulations as he
! may prescribe, and that the proceeds be covered
!, into the treasury.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there
. is hereby appropriated the sum OF three thou.
sand five hundred dollars, or so moch thereof as
may be necessary, fer the erection in the Con-
# grcssional Cemetery of monuments in memory
: OF those representatives who have died since
= eighteen hundred and sixty; said monuments
to DO of uniform size aud style OF those previous
ly erected; and this sum to be disbursed undel
: the direction OF the Clerk of the House of Re
d representatives., upon contracts made by him will
the lowest responsible bidders therefor, afte
!, due public notice given
IS Sec. 5. And be it further enacted That tn
l. mayor ofthe city of Washington, the Sccretar,
ID OF the Inferior, the Commissioner of Publ
j. Buildings and Grounds, the Architect of tn
Capital extension, and their Successors in ofic
g together with two men to be appointed by tn
mayor OF the city Of Washington, by and will
q the advice and consent of the board of aldermen
le OF said city, are hereby appointed commission
ID who shall cause the Washington City canal
either in whole or in part, to be dredged, or
i, deemed b. st, drcdged and narrowed or arche1
ana converted into sewer; and for the purpos
= oil making this Improvement, the corporate au.
lc thoriirs OF the city OF Washington are hereb,
authorized and directed to levy and collect tai
= Vi one hundred thousand dollars upon taxable
II property in said city, for defraying part OF tn
d ( expenses thereof and the sum of fifty Thousand
,f dollars Is hereby appropriated out of any none,
IN the treasury not otherwise appropriated, TO
d the purpose OF dclraying in part the expenses
. Inc same and out OF any moneys arising iron
y the sale OF any real estate should any take place
belonging to said canal, the government shall
lie first be Unidentified for any monies hereby APP
'r propriaied; the improvements aforesaid to b,
If paid for at the rate of onethird by the govern
ment and two-thirds by the city as the worl
o progresses, and the total expenditure not to ex
IS coed the amount herein provided for
g Sec. d. And be it further enacted, That thu
5, corporation of Washington shall have power tt
issue certificates OF Indebtedness not to exceed
n In amount two hundred thousand dollars in ad-
a dition to the srm heretofore authorized, and tc
Dear Interest at the rate OF seven and threetenth
l. per centum per annum, and TO be redeemabll
within five years from the date of issue. TIL,
e said certificates not to be of less denomination
than fifty dollars, and to be receivable for taxes
;, due SAID corporation to such amount yearly as
o said corporation may designate by law; not
1t however, to exceed fifty per centum OF tht
amount due by any Taxpayer. An said certi-
o hcafes shall be used for no other puspose thar
}. the payment of the asccrtained Indebtedness Of
e the corporation of Washington to the sixth da,
y OF June, eighteen hundred and seventy
: Sec. T. And be it fuather enacted, That thu
Sergeant-at.arms of the Senate be, and he is
y hereby, authorized and directed to purchase two
n exhaust ians, one engine, exhaust pipes, and sc
It forth. for the removal of the impure air of the
Senate chamber, and there is hereby appropriated
r the sum of hive thousand dollars to purchase the
y same, or so much thereof as may be necessary
It Provided that the improvements be made under
C the supervision of the engineer of the Senate
S and that the Joint Committee on Ventilation be
d directed to inquire into the practicability and
expense of making such alterations in the Senate
= chamber and the hall OF the House OF Represen.
+ tatives as will bring said chamber and hall to
II the exterior of the building.
! Sec. 8. And be II further enacted, That the
: act approeed March three, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine, making an appropriation for the
!, completion of the custom house, court house
and post-oflice building in Knoxville, East Ten.
nessee, was intended to include and revive and
shall be deemed and held TO include and revive
! all former unexpended appropriations for the
same object.
4 | Sec. 9. Aud be it further enacted, That the
ment for transportation OF public stores, prOyi-
r ded for in "a resolution for the relief of John
E. Reside" passed by the present Congress,
: shall be made in accordance with the orders and
e DEGREES OF the supreme court of the District OF
Columbia
} Sec. TO- And be it further enacted, That the
p Secrctery of War be, and he is hereby, author
c lied and required to ascertain, or caused to be
l ascertained, the amount OF expense necessarily
| incurred by the territorial authorities of Mont,