New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-12

ty-flrSt section OF the act OF July second,
eighteen hundred and sixty-fOur. entitled
An act to amend an act entitled An act to
aid in the construction of "a railroad and
telegraph line from the Missouri river to the
Pacific ocean, and to secure to the govern
mcnt the use of the same for postal, mill
tary, and other purposes approved July
first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two."
For the survey of the public lands within
the limits of the land grant to the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company in direct line
extending from Du Luth, on Lake Superior
to Georgetown. on the Red river of the
North, ninety-fivc thousand nine hundred
and eighty dollars: Provided, That five
thousand dollars of this appropriation shall
he expended for office work by the surveyor
general Of Minnesota: And provided fur
Their, That before any land granted to said
company by the United States shall be con-
veyed to any party entitled thereto under
any of the acts incorporating or relating to
said company, there shall first be paid into
the treasury of the United States the cost of
surveying. selecting, and conveying the
same, by the said company, or party i'll in
tereSt.
MISCELLANEOUS.
For an examination and survey. under
the direction of the President of the United
States. OF the routes OF Iehuantepec and
Nicaragua, in order to ascertain the practic-
ability OF ship canal at these places be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
thirty thousand dollars.
To meet expenses to be incurred in
the prosecution and collection Of claims due
the United States, twenty-five thousand dol
lars to be disburSed under the direction of
the Attorney General: Provided. That APP
preparations for salaries and pay of officers
and others heretofore employed in other de-
partments and now employed in the Depart
ment of Justice, are hereby transferred to
the said Department of Justice. to be dis
burscd in accordance with the law organic
ing the same.
For compensation of clerks, and for addi
tional compensation to the same. III the
office of the Secretary of the Treasury.
twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars.
To pay salary of the consul at Port Said,
Egypt, two thousand dollars.
For the payment Of the necessary eX-
penscs incurred in defending suits against
the Secretary of the Treasury, or his agents,
for the seizure of captured and abandoned
property. and for the defense OF the United
States i'll respect to such property IN the
Court of Claims. sixty thousand dollars. to
be expended under the direction of the
Attorney General.
For continuing the collection of statistics
of mines and mining, to be laid before Con-
cress, to be expended under the direction of
the Secretary of the Treasury ten thousand
dollars.
For continuing the geological survey of
the Territories OF the United States by Pro
lessor Hayden. under the direction OF the
Secretary of the Interior, twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior to
provide a law library for each of the Ter
ritories of Arizona. Idaho, Montana. Utah
and Wyoming, the sum of two thousand
five hundred dollars, respectively, is hereby
| appropriated.
TO pay Paul S. Forbes the balance due
him under contract with the Navy Depart
ment for a steam-engine for the Algonquin
twentv-scyen Thousand three hundred and
thirty-three dollars.
To nav Horatio Ames the amount now
due him for wrought iron ritied guns made
! by him for the navy by order OF the bufeaf
! of Ordnance, and tested and accepted by
| them, seventy-two thousand and sixty dol
lars and thirty-eight cents.
To enable the Secretary OF the Treasury
| to pav Jacob Z. Leese. assignee OF Thomas
o Larkin, in conformity to Judgment %
| the Court of Claims. rendered December
| twenty four. eighteen hundred and sixty
| less the interest and the sum paid on ac
| count viz: the balance of three thousand
five hundred and thirty four dollars AM
tlirty-tivc cents. which sum shall be in full
satisfaction OF all demands against the gov
eminent for said account
TO pay Henry S. Halliday and Dyas I
Parker the sum of seven thousand SIX hun
bred and forty-two dollars. i'll full satlsfac
| ton of Judgment i'll rem recovered IN TIT
| district court of the United States for thu
southern district Of Illinois. on the seventh
day OF July. eighteen hundred and sixty
| seven.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior t.
! nav for services rendered by employees a
the Flathead and Blackfeet agencies. IN th'
Territory Of Montana and for supplies fur
nished and for travel[ Hing and incidental
EXPENSES of agents during period OF abon
| four wears, commencing i'll eighteen hundred
| and siXty-tive. ten thousand eight hundred
and forty-five dollars and tifty-four cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior t.
| nav an Indebtedness on account OF lndlal
service in California. incurred and lett uil
paid by Charles Maltby. late superlntend
pnt of Indian affairs, as per accounts Ill til
| Indian Office, eight thousand tour hunure'
and eighty-tive dollars.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior t
nav deficiencies incurred for the Indla
service in California by Austin Wiley
. former superintendent of Indian affairs
! twenty thousand five hundred dollars.
To enable the Secretary Of the Treasur
TO nav outstanding liabilities incurred i
fitting up the branch mint at Carson CIT
since its completion, thirty-0ne Thousand nv
hundred and ninety-tour dollars amt NIT
six cents.
To enable the Secretary of the Interior
nav John Finn the amount due him tor SUI
plies furnished for the Indian service as pc
audited vouchers on file in the Indian Ofhc'
titty-tiye thousand four hundred and fort
dollars and ninety-tour cents.
To pay the outstanding Indebtedness COZ
tracted in the Sioux Indian district, undt
act of july tweIty-Seven. eighteen hundre
and sixty-eight. vouchers for which laN
been approved by General Harvey, and al
now filed in the Interior Department, an
have been or shall be approved by the Seer
tary of the Interior. tifty-siX thousand tire
hundred and forty-seven dollars and thirt,
seven cents.
For the purchase by the Secretary OF I'll
Interior of fifteen sets. or so many As ma
be necessary. of the United States Statute
at Large. from volume one to nine, both Il
elusive, four hundred and seventy-twO dc
lars and fifty cents; and tue judges OF II
circuit courts OF the United States who hay
: not already received them. shall. several
be entitled to receive. for his Use while
office. copy of each volume of the Statute
at Large and also Il copy of each volume
t the Reports of the Supreme Court OF II
United States succeeding the third voun
of Wallace's Reports. and such copies
/, thfel statutes and reports received by al
one of the said judges shall, upon his resi-
r nation, removal from office. or death,
, delivered up to his successor IN ofiice.
, For this amount. or so much thereof
may be necessary for payment for serve
! rendered and supplies furnished tor anu
: account of the Indian service at the 70
: Berthold agency, Dakota Territory
4 recommended by the Secretary OF the Int
rior in communication to the Speaker
n the House of Representatives, dated re
: ruarv sixteen, eighteen hundred and Sc
T. entv, the sum of siXty-three thousand "