The Weekly Arizonian., 1870-12-03


 on the first day of July eighteen hundred and seventy and that the appropriations made by the following parts of acts and resolutions be, and the same are hereby, repealed, to take effect from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one viz:
 Section i've of the act of June twenty-six, eighteen hundred and forty-eight, being an appropriation for the salaries of special ex Aminers of drugs, medicines, chemicals, and so forth And said salaries shalI from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy, be paid from the appropriation for collecting the revenue from customs,
 Section four of the act ofJuly twenty. eight cen hundred and sixty-seven, being an ap propriatiou for the pay and expenses of tue commissioners under the treaty between the united States and the republic of Venezuela
 Section two of the act of June twenty-seven, eighteen hundred aud sixty-four, being an appropriation for the pay and expenses of the commission under the treaty between the U- nited States and her Britanic Majesty for the settlement of the claims Of the Hudson's Bay and Puget Sound Agricultural Companies.
 Section three of the act of April seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, being an appropriation for the pay, expenses, and ad vances on account of the commission unde the treaty of the United States and the repub- lie of Mexico.
 Section thirteen of the act7o July twenty eight, eighteen hundred and sixty six being an appropriation for salaries and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Statistics.
 Sections one and seven of the act of March three eighteen hundred and forty-nice, being an appropriation to pay for horses, mules, and so forth, lost or destroyed while in the military service.
 Section one of the act of July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and sixty-oneI being an ap" propriaton for re .Indiug to States expenses incurred in raising volunteers during the late rebellion,
 And hereafter it shall be the duty of the proper department to submit estimates for the
 expenses and expenditures under these seve- ral heads, in the usual manner; and the ap
 propriatons of the amounts received from transfer drafts tc the account of contingent ex- penses of the independent treasury, and of the amounts received from fines, penalties, and forfetures to the account for expenses of U-l nited States courts, shall cease from and after June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy.
 SEC g. And be 1t further enacted, That ell balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made spe- officially for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpende al the expiration of such fiscal year shall only be applied to the paymen; of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the iul6ment of con tracts properly made within that year and such balances nos needed for the saId purpo ses shall be carried to the surplus fund: Provided That this section shall not apply to appropriations known as permanent or in- definite appropriations.
 SEC G. And be 1t further enacted, That all balances of appropriations which shall have remained on the books Of the treasury, { without being drawn against in the settlement , of accounts for two years from the date of the , last appropriation made by law, shall be re- ported by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Auditor of the Treasury whose duty 1t is to settle accounts hereunder, and the Auditor { shall examine the books of his office, and cer~ tify to the Secretary whether such balances :, will be required in the settlement of any ac- counts pending in his office; aud if 1t shall ap- . pear that such balances will not be required { for this purpose, then the Secretary may in'- n slude such balances iu his warrant, whether SlIG ucdu Ot tHc pl OpSt yaA StA4Ch1 oi'Ii AafV certified that il may be carried into the gen. a ,ral treasury or not, Bat no appropriation for ? he payment of the interest or principal of the T 'ublic debt, or to which Congress may have ,iven 6 longer duration of law, shall be thus I reated. a ssC. '. And te it further enacted, That t shall not be lawful for any department of the b government to expend in any one fiscal year IT ny sum in excess of appropriations made by congress for that fiscal year to involve the overnmentin any contract for the future pay lent of money in excess of such appropria- \ ions. SEQ S. And be it further ena cted, That TT ecton five ofan act approved March three, , ighteen hundred and forty-one, entitled "An n ct making appropriations for the civil and iplomatic expenses of the government for u he year eighteen hundred and forty-sne," ltf lal be construed to have authorized the laval fficers and surveyors therein mentioned 10 u eceive the maximum compensation Of five o lousand dollars and four thousand five hun m red dollars respectively. as therein named n, ut ofany and all fees and emoluments by lem received. =. SxC. 9. And be 1t further enacted, That 4n g Presidsnt of the United States be author ht .3 t, o-,, ,izo o o1 sand ont ana or n, ora ax v;