New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-06-26

cheney in the appropriation TOR the e1-
penses of collecting the revenue from Gus
toms for the fiscal year ending June thirty,
eighteen hundred and seventy; and that
the sum of twenty thousand dollars be ap-
propriated for the payment Of fees to
special counsel in such cases wherein the
United States are parties in interest. as the
Secretary of the Treasury may deem it
necessary and proper to employ the same,
to be disbursed under his direction.
Approved, June 6, 1870.
[PUBLIc-No. 1871
An act to fix the salary Of the ballif OF the
Court Of Claims.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That
from and after the passage of this act the
annual salary of the bailif of the Court Of
Claims shall be at the rate of fifteen hum
dred dollars per annum, to be paid as now
provided by law.
Approved, June, I, 1870.
[PUBLIC-No. 70.
AN ACT to establish certain post roads
in the State Of Alabama, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the consent of Congress be, and the same
is hereby, given to the erection of draw
bridge over the Alabama river, near the
city Of Selma, by the Western Railroad
Company OF the State of Alabama, in &C.
cordance with an act of the legislature Of
said State Incorporating said company.
SEQ. 2. And be it further enacted, That
the consent of Congress be and the same
is hereby given to the erection of draw
bridge over the said river, above the city
of Montgomery, by The South and North
Alabama Railroad Company, in accord
ance with the act of the legislature incor-
porating said company Provided, That
said draw-bridges shall be respectively
constructed so as to cross the streams at
right angles with the current, and the ap-
proaches to such draws shall be protected
by piers or other means that boats may
enter the draws with safety in such man
ner otherwise as not materially or sub
stantially to obstruct the free navigation
of said river.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That
Congress reserves the right to withdraw
the assent hereby given, as to either OF
both of said companies, in case the free
navigation of the said river shall be at
any time materially or substantially OBJ
structed by either or both Of said
bridges.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted. That
said bridges, when completed in the man
ner specified in said acts Of incorporation,
shall be deemed aud taken to be legal
structures, and shall, with the railroads Of
which they are parts, be post roads for
the transmission of the mails of the United
States.
Approved, June 8, 1870.
lPUBLIC KEsOLUTIoN-NO. A..
A RESOLUTION in relation to the COM
pensation of assistant marshals for
taking the census of 1870.
Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Interior be, and be is
hereby, authorized to increase the COM
pensation of assistant marshals in taking
the census of eighteen hundred and
seventy, whenever. in his Judgment, such
increase shall be necessary: Provided,
That in no case shall such increase exceed
fifty per centum of the amount of COM
pensation now allowed by law. and no
such additional allowance shall be made
except when by reason of the sparceness
of the population the compensation here
tofore allowed by law is rot sufficient,
nor shall the entire compensation be more
than eight dollars per day, exclusive of
mileage, for the time actually employed.
Approved, June 8, 1870.