The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1870-11-12
imber, twenty

IN the iescue and care OF 1nirty-four American
citizens, master and crew of the American ship
Dreadnoug ght, wrecked on Cape Penas on the
fourth of July, eighteen hundrsl and sixty
nine, three Thousand two hundred and thirty
nj ne doIlars In gold.
To pay C. b H. Fcssenden for amonnt found
due him as collector of the port OF New Bed
ford for commissions on light housc dieburse-
ments outside of Of his district. three thousand
four hundred and tw enty five dollar. and sew
cnteen cents.
FOR defra, ing the exr en.es of lie Supreme
Court and district courts Of the United States
Including the District of Columbia, aud also
for Jurors and Witnesses, in aid OF funds aris4
Ing from fines. penalties, and forfcitures, in the
fiscal year ending June thirty, eighteen hun
dred and seventy one, and previous years, aud
likewise for dcfrgyiuR the expenses Of suits in
which the United States are concerned. includ-
ing legal assistance TO the Attorney General,
and other special and exsraordt ary expendi.
lures in of the Supreme Court of the
United States in which the United States are
concerned, and of prosecutions for offenses
committed against the United States. and for
the safe keeping of prisoner4, one million two
To secure the making of contract by the
Secuetary of War with Henry X. Brown, OF
Newburg, New York, for a bronze equestrian
stAtute 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, eight
cen 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 provid.
ed for by joint resolution approved June twen-
ty three, eighteen hundred and seventy, four
thousand dollars
For geographical surveys and military
reconnoissances west of the Mississippi
river, one hundred thousand dollir..
To enable the Secretary of War TO de-
fray the expenses of the Bureau of Ord.
nance and its officers, in connection with
the court of inquiry, held in eighteen
hundred and sixty eight, and eighteen
hundred and siIty-nine, and of which
Major General George Ii. Thomas was
president, Eve Thousand dollars.
SEC. 2 And be it further enacted, That
no advertisement, notice, or proposal for
any executive department of the govern
ment, or for any bureau tboreof, or for
any Office Herewith connected, shall be
published in any newspaper whatever,ex
cept in pursuance of a written authority
for such publication from the head of
such department; and bill for any
such advertising, or publication, shall be
paid, unless there be presented With such
bill, copy of the written authority
aforesaid.
SEC. 3. And be ii further enacted, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be, aud he
is hereby, directed to authorize the kight
house Board to properly mark all pier
heads belonging TO the government on
the northern and ncrtwestern iakes,
when completed or repaired, end duly nc
titled of such completion or repairs by
the department in charge of sueb con-
struction or repairs; and the provision re-
quiring that fise of the ak revenue cut
ters upon the northern and northwestern
lakes be laid up is hereby repealed, and
as many of of them as the Secretary of
the Treasury, in his discretion, shall put
in commission, shall be specially charged
with aiding vessels in distress on said
lakes, and the Secretary Of the Treasury,
IN his discretion, shall put in commits
sion, shall be specially charged with
aiding vessels in distress on said lakes,
and the Secretary Of the Treasury, in bis
discretion, shall be and is authorized to
| sell two of said revenue cutters, now on
tue northern lakes, for such considera-
| tion and under such regulations as he
may prescribe, and that the proceeds be
| covered into the treasury.
| SHc. 4. And be ii further enacted, That
there il hereby appropriated the .um of
| three thousand five hundred dollars, or
so much thereof as may be necessary, for
the erection in the Congressional Gene
| terry of~moEuments in memory of those
representatives " ho have died since eight
cen hun1reAand sixty; said monuments
to be Of uniform size and style with
| those previously erected; and this gu N to
be disbursed under tie oirection. of the
| Clerk of the House Of Representatives,
| upon contracts made by him with the
lowest responsible bidders therefor, after
due public notice given.
SEC. S. And be 1t further cnactcd, That
the mayor of the city OF Washington th q
Secretary of the Interior, the Commits.
sioner of Public Buildings and Grounds, ,,
the Architect of the Capitol Extension,
and their suce essors in Office, together
with two men to be appointed by ths
mayor Of the city of Washington, by and
with the advice and consent of the board
of aldermen of said city, are hereby Ap-
pointed q commission who shall cause ths
Washington City canal, either in whole
or in part, to be dredged, or, if deemed
best, dredged and narrowed, or Arched
and converted into q sewer; and for tn.
the purpose of making this Improvement
j the corPorrte authorities of the city O
! Washington are hereby authorized ant
: directed to levy and collect tax of on,
hundred thousand dollars upon all tara
BILE property In said city, for defraylni
, part of the expenses thereof and the sun
| OF fifty ousand dollars is hereby apprc
/ priated ont of any money in the treasur;
!, not otherwise Appropriated, for the pur
: pose Of defraying in part the expenses o
!, the came; and out Of any moneys arising
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