New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-27

main light from Chicago pier to Crosse
point as lake-coast light, and for putting
II beacon-range on the pief, thirty-fve thou
| sand dollars.
( For Fox River range-lights: Erection Of
two small lights at the mouth of Fox river,
Green bay, to serve as a range for the chan
4 mel, eleven thousand dollars.
For Huron Island light-station: Cutting a
road from the landing TO lighthouse on
Huron island, Lake Superior, two thousand
dollars.
For Portage range-lights: Protecting the
site and filling in the marsh at Portage
range-light station, Lake Superior, nine
| hundred dollars.
For Eagle River light-station: Rebuilding
upon proper site the lighthouse at Eagle
river, Lake Superior, fourteen thousand
| dollars.
For erection of a beaeon-light and
dwelling for the keeper ON Lake Superior,
at the terminus of the Northern Pacific
| railroad, Minnesota, ten thousand dollars.
| For Cape Foulweather light station:
| Erection of a first class seacoast light at or
near Cape Foulweather, Oregon, Linety
| thousand dollars.
For Fauntleroy Rock beacon: Erection of
day beacon Fauntleroy rock, Crescent
| City harbor, California, five thousand dol
| lars.
For Point Bonita light-station Establish
ment of first class steam fog-signal at
| Point Bonita light-statiOn, entrance to San
Francisco harbor, California, ten thousand
dollars.
For San Pablo Straits light-station: Erec-
ton of light house and fog signal to guide
through the straits of San Pablo, California,
twenty thousand dollars.
For Pigeon Point lghtstation: Continu-
ing and completing the fog-signal at Pigeon
point, seacoast of California, ninety thou
sand dollars.
For Point Conception light-statiOn: Es-
Enlistment of tirst-class steam fOg-signal
at Point Conception light-statOn, on the
sea-coast of California, six thousand dol
lars.
For Point Arena light-station: Establish
ment of tirst-class steam fog-signal at
Point Arena light-station, California, eight
thousand five hundred dollars.
For Cape Flattery light-station: Estab-
lishment OF a first-class steam fog-signal at
Cape Flattery light-station, entrance to
Puget sound, Washington Territory, ten
thousand dollars.
For life-saving station on Narragansett
beach, Rhode Island, under acts approved
July twenty, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight. and March third, eighteen hundred
and sixtyfnine, seven thousand dollars.
FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD DISTRICTS.
tender for the first and second lighthouse
districts Maine and Massachusetts,. fifty
thousand dollars.
For steam tender for the third lighthouse
district, fifty thousand dollars.
SEC f. That whenever it shall be shown
to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury that parties are entitled to refund
of duties under the twenty-sixth section of
the act of July fourteen, eighteen hundred
and seventy, and joint resolution approved
January thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-One, it shall be the duty of the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to draw his warrant
upon the Treasurer, directing said Treas
urer to refund the same out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 5. That there be appropriated, out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of seventeen thou
sand five hundred dollars for the salary of
an envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary and twenty-five hundred dollars
for the salary of a secretary. and eighteen
hundred dollars for that of an assistant
secretary of legation to the German EN-
pire.
SEC. 6. That the appropriation made
March three, eighteen hundred and sixty
nine, having been covered into the treasury,
hereby, authorized and directed to cause to
be constructed, upon the site already given
to and owned by the United States, "a suit
able building, fire-prO0f, at Columbia, South
Carolina, for the accommodation of the
postotfice and United States circuit and
district courts; and for this purpose there
is hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriated,
seventy five thousand dollars, to be ex-
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of the Treasury, who shall cause proper
plans and estimates to be made, so that no
expenditure shall be made or authorized for
the full completion of the said building, be-
yond the amount herein appropriated; pro-
vided, ,that no money hereby appropriated
shall be used or applied for the purposes
mentioned until it shall appear that the
State has duly released and relinquished to
the United States the right to tax or in any
way assess the site or the property of the
United States that may be thereon, during
the time that the United States shall remain
the owner thereof.
SEC. T. That all fines, penalties, and for
FIXTURES, heretofore or that may be here
after incurred. the acts entitled respec-
lively, IAN act to extend the laws of the
United States relating to customs, COM
merce, and navigation over the terri
tory coded to the United States by Russia,
and for other purposes" approved July
twenty-seyen, eighteen hundred and sixty
eight, and IAN act to prevent the exter-
mination of fur-bearing animals in Alaska,
approved July one, eighteen hundred and
seventy, shall be disposed of according to
the provisions of the act entitled IAN act
to regulate the disposition of the proceeds
of fines, penalties and forfeitures incurred
under the laws relating to the customs, and
f.,r 9TH tUn
eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
SEC. g. That the Secretary of the Interior
be- and he hereby is authorized to increase
the compensation of assistant marshals in
taking the census of eighteen hundred and
seventy, whenever, in his Judgment, the
same shall be necessary; provided, that in
no case shall such increase exceed fifty per
centum of the amount of compensation
now allowed by law, nor shall the en-
tire compensation be more than eight
dollars per day for the time actually en-
ployed; and the joint resolution entitled
"a resolution in relation to the compensa-
tor of assistant marshals for taking the
census of eighteen hundred and seventy"
approved June ninth, eighteen hundred and
seventy, be, and the same is hereby, re-
pealed.
SIC. 9. That the President of the United
States be, and he is hereby, authorized to
presscibe such rules and regulations for the
admission of persons into the civil service
of the United States as will best promote
the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fit
ness of each candidate in respect to age,
health, character, knowledge and ability
for The branch of service into which he
seeks to enter; and for this purpose the
President is authorized to employ suitable
perst ons to conduct said inquiries, to pre-
scribe their duties, and to establish regula-
tions for the conduct of persons W no may
rece i've appointments in the civil service