Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-03

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES,
Passed ct Third Session Of Forty-hrse Congress.
lGESERAL NAruRB-No. Ill


lGrsERAL MATURING. al
Az ACT making appropriations to supply de-
Of the government for the fiscal year ending
June thirty. eighteen hundred and seventy,
ana june thirty, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-one, and for former years, and for other
Be q enacted By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentdftres Of Tie United States of America in Con-
gr nn, asssmsd, That the following sums or so
same are hereby, appropriated for the objects
hereinafter expressed, namely:
SENATE.
To pay an additional assistant engineer an
thorized by the Senate, at the rate Of one thou
sand four hundred and forty dollars per anuum,
commencing on the first day of December eigh-
teen hundred and seventy, for the fiscal year
ending the thirtieth day or June, eighteen hun.
dollars,
For steam-pump for the heating and VENT.
lating apparatus of the Senate, under the direc-
lars.
For expenses of heating and veutilating appa-
ratus OF the Senate, one thousand dollars.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
For carriage, three thousand dollars.
For laborers, one thousand six hundred dol
For furniture, and repairs thereof, two thou
sand dollars.
For fuel. two thousand dollars.
For paying teller in the Office OF the Sergeant
st-arm-, one thousand two hundred and twenty
For the miscellaneous item of the contingent
fund of the House, ten thousand dollars.
q, or t H Io.owing sums que under resolutions
me Ihirty-nlnth Congress, namely: To the late
first assistant do0rkeepsr, eight hundred and
forty dollars; to the superintendent of the docu-
ment-room, eight hundred and forty dollars;
and to E. Spicer, late superintendent OF the
foidipg-roorn, seven hundred and twenty dol
lars; to John J: McEIhone, VIM. Hincks, W.
Blair Lord, ID. Wolfe Brown, Theodore +. An
orews, and William Henry Burr, reporters for
tie Congressional Globe during the first session
OF the Thirty ninth Congress, seven hundred
dollars each; in all, six thousand four hundred
dollars, additional compensation for the Thirty
ninth Congress.
For compensation Of the tally-clerk OF the
house OF Representatives, from the first day OF
February, eighteen hundred and seventy to the
first day OF July, eighteen hundred and seven
sy-one, six hundred and twelve dollars, the
same making his compensation equal to that of
his predecessor, (R. U. Sherman and as fixed
In the legislative bill for himself.
To pay Riyes and Bailey for the reporting
and publication Of the debates and proceedings
resolution approved March three. eighteen hum
dred and sixty nine, and contract OF April
fourteen, eighteen hundred and sixty nine, so
hundred and twenty thousand dollars, or SO
much thereof az may be necessary.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNDER THE TREAS
URY DEPARTMENT.
poet office and courthouse in New York CITY. to
be applied only to finishing the foundations up
to and including the sill course, and receiving
and setting the granite Of the first story above
that course, and subject to no other limitations
or restriction, five hundred thousand dollars
For the building for post Office and sub
treasury IN Boston, the unexpended balance Of
appropriation remaining on the thirtieth June
eighteen hundred seventy, appropriated for
purchase Of site Of the same, which Was co gered
into the treasury BY the provisions of section
and seventy, is, with the sum appropriated by
the act Of July fifteen, eighteen hundred and
seventy. hereby resppropristed and made avail
and two hundred and seventy-eight dollars and
eeventy-nve cents, to enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay the award for the neces-
ssry iand condemned under authority OF the
State OF Massachusetts for the purposes OF said
building; for purchase OF title in passage-way
eight thousand dollars; and for expenses or LEGAL
proceedings, four thousand dollars, or so much
tnereof as may be necessary, subject to no other
restriction except that the COS. OF said building
shall not exceed, in the ultimate total under ai1
Prorrlations, one million ge hundred thous-
For completing the courthouse buiI,ins At
Madison, Wisconsin, thirty-four thousand and
eishty-two dollars and seventy-four cents.
For completing the courthouse building At
Portland, NJ aine, fifty-six thousand eli NJ hum
dred and sixteen dollars and sixty-fou nts.
For completing the work on the il, ng for
appraisers stores IN Philadelphia, Ifty seven
thousand five hundred dollars: Prortdsi, That
SAID building shall also be used for a bonded
warehouse.
For repair Of the custom-hous buiIding at
Sandusky, OHIO, ten thousand joIlap.
For deskF, tables, chairs cases, shelving 6or
tle-rooms, boxes and repairs of furniture in
Treasury Department, ten thousand dollars.
For repairs and preservation of public build
inss, fifty thousand dollars.
For furniture and repairs Of furniture for
pubic buildings, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For carpets, oil-cloth, mating RUGS char
covers, and cushions, repairs and putting down
OF carpets, and other necessary IniSceltaneous
Items OF the same kind for the Treasury Danarf
ment, ten thousand dollars.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
MIsCRLLAHEoUs.
For compensation Of twelve wa.chmen and
zen la6orers, hfteen thousand eight hundred and
forty dollars.
For salaries, travelling, and other expenses of
supervising and local inspectors OF steam YES
sels, twenty thousand dollars.
For stamps for use OF the Internal Revenue
once, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For wages OF workmen and adjusters IN the
branch Office Of the United States mint at San
Francisco, California. twenty-eight thousand
dollars.
For executing contract to facilitate cormnr,.
ea.ion between the Atlantic and Pacific States
by electric telegraph, forty thousand Dollars.
70 reimburse to f. Z. Spinner the sum BY him
Rsla INTO tle United states treasury to replace
Charles q. Edwins, discovered In September
last, i've thousand seven hundred and ffty-eiebt
oolLa[e ana tWenty-nlne cents.
For compensation Of two assist IN TIA o4r A
OF tae H.1fatiAn OF Congress, to date from Feb
rnary frst, eighteen hundred and seyenty-one.
whose employment Is hereby authorized at
twelve hundred and eighteen hundred dollars,
respectively, three thoufand dollars.
For outfit and extraordinary clerical expenses
or the commission to revise the United States
statutes at large, one thousand dollars.
For the collation. and publication OF the "a
ports OF the foreign claims com missions between
the United States and other countries to be ex-
pended under the direction or the Secretary OF
State, three thousand dollars, but not to exceed
three thousand dollars.
For alterations and extension OF the Treasnrv
building, forty-Dne thousand seven hundred
and thirty four dollars and forty one cents,
To enable the Secretary OF the Treasury to
pay the present district attorney OF Nebraska
his salary Tor the four years ending June thirty.
eighteen hundred and seventy one, eight an.
dred dollars.
LIGHTHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT =.
For repairs and Incidental expenses I'm rent
ting and improving lighthouses and buildings
connected herewith, tity thousand dollars.
For supplying the lighthouses and beacon
lights on the Atlantic. Gulf, Lake, and Pacific
coasts with oil, wicks, glass chimneys, and
cies ming mater AIS, and repairing and keeping
In repair the Illuminating apparatus and lamps.
and all other necessary expenses connected
with the same. fifty thousand dollars. :
For expenses or raising, cleaning, painting,
repairing. remOylnp. and eupr,lvfp1 looaa. -